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Comrilerl  find  Publisher)  bij 

Rev.  George  w.  Gue 

PASTOR  FIRST  METHODIST   EPISCOPAL  CHURCH,   POCK   ISLAND.    ILLINOIS 

Late  Chaplain  108th  Reg.  Ilia.  Volunteers 

AND 

Chaplain   Department    of    Illinois    of  the    Grand   Armu  of    thn    Rt'Dubllr   for   1889 


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Davenport,   Iowa 
egbert.  fidlar.  &  chambers,  publishers 

1890 


Copyriglit,  January,   ISOO, 
By   a.    W.   Guc. 


RecopyrigJif,  November,   1890. 


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OUR  LOVKLY  BANNER. 

Ne'er  waved  beneatli  ihe  golden  sun 

A  lovelier  banner  for  the  brave 
Than  that  our  bleeding  fathers  won, 

And  proudly  to  their  children  gave  ; 
Nor  earth  a  fairer  gem  can  bring, 

Or  freedom  claim  a  l)righter  scroll, 
Than  that  to  which  our  free  hearts  cling  — 

The  flag  which  lights  the  freeman's  soul. 


Wijs  (S) 


oiwenir 


Is  ?j/os/  rcspccifiiUy  dcdicalrd  to  all  who  lovr   Our 

Couuiry^s  Flag^  and  are  i)i  sy))ipathy  ivitli 

the  institutions  which  it  represents. 


THE  AUTHOR. 


(Contents. 


I'lii/e. 

IntrodncI  1(111,      ........  / 

/iVr.    Cliarlis    W.    Ai/Hikj. 

Preface,     .........  J 

Hrr.   (^roiyi    W.   (hi(. 

A<-k)iOll'J('<}(/iiir)if,  .......  7 

liif.   (iconic    W.   due. 

The   Illslori/  of  Our  Country's  Flag,  ...  /o 

Rev.  Addis  Albro,  LL.  JJ..  1).  D. 

Birtlij)l<icc  of  (lie  American  Flag,     ....  /'i 

Cluirk's  J.  Bndd. 

Desecration  of  the  Flag,    ......  19 

Anonymouit. 

Magiiifging  tin    Flag,        .  .  .  .         .         .  JO 

.  I  noivjmous. 

Our   Cou)itrifs  Flag,  ......  J  J 

liev.  A.   J).  Pen-in.  M.  A. 

Daniel   Webster  on  "  Our  Flag," J-i 

Our  Xatioital  Banner,        ......  .'" 

WiUidin  JkxUr  Smitli. 

The  Number  aiid  Order  of  Stars  iu  Our  Countrg's  Flag.      JO 


Page. 

0„r   FIn;i. 27 

Annnijmfitix. 

Frrcditiii  s    Fl(t<l,  .......  .J<S 

III  II  r;/    Wind  llnrliir. 

The  American   Flay,  ......  29 

.Josfjili    Uoilnidii    Piiikr. 
Our   Con  lit  ri/s    Fhn/  —  H7/r//    Athiplitl   hi/    ( 'oiu/rrs.^.   .  Jl 

Fifteen  Stripes  and  Fifteen   Sfarx.     ....  J;? 

The    SoJdir/s    Pride JJ 

}{.     Tniiiiikhis. 

Wliat   th(    Flag    Ml  a  IIS   to    ( 'oniradeK.  .  -J^ 

.Joint   F.   CIkisi. 

Sirimi     (hit    fhi     Fhiq.  ......  o5 

.1.     ir.    Kiiiijon. 

Henry  Ward  Beecher  em  the  American   Fla;/,    .  .  .37 

God  Bless  Our  Fla;/, JO 

./.   ('.   0.    Jirdimjlon. 

Stand  Up  for  fhr  Flag, ^0 

^fls.   ^f.  S.   Kidder. 

The  Flag  of  the  United  States,  ....  4^1 

Lizzie  T.  Gassell. 

The  Flay\s  Birthday, ^3 

Manj  A.  P.  .Stnushnri/. 

Croicn-Prince  of  Germany  and  tJic   United  States  Flag,      J^G 


XI 

I'agr. 

I  Love  Thee,  Dear  Banner,       .....  .'^7 

Tiev.  Qconje  W.  Clue. 

Fhi;/   uf  llic    Xi,],lr, ;,S' 

W'lllldtn   Frciiniiii. 

Thr     llnilll'lflt]     FUliJ    of  Ihr    Frrr,  ....  '/ff 

Anonniiioits. 

( ht r    I'l(l<l    (III    fill     Aiiihs    Mnii ndii IIS.  .  .  -tO 

The   Old   Fhnj, -W 

Miss   M!inii,    (;.    MrArllnn: 

Ifoir    Id    ( '(iiislriicl    Our    FUiij,      .....  ■'>■> 

Th(    Slurs   iiiid    Slrijirs   of  Old,  ....  ■">■' 

('.  .hvj. 

Raixe  the   Sfar-Ginnnvd  lUuiner,        ....  -7/; 

Ailrlaklf,  George  Beiinell. 

The  Fori  Mclhnrij  Flay  ExhibiUd  In    isni,    .  .  o7 

Hail   Our  Fhuj, oS 

Uarry  C.  Burns. 

FliKj  of  Oar   Union.  Forever, ''^^ 

George  P.  Morrh. 

There  are   Tivo  Things  Holy, 00 

Victor  Hugo. 

Columbia's  Flay, 01 

William  l)ins-)noic. 

Unfurl  the  Glorious  Banner, 63 

Anonymous. 


Xll 

Pftfie. 

The  Xational  Ensupi,        ......  G.'^ 

Itnbert  C.    Winlhrop. 

The   Stn'pcx  <tn(1  fhr   Stars,         .....  6*.'7 

Stand  hi)  fhr   Old  FJag, 07 

Robert  M.    Wilson. 

The   Star-Spangled  Ihniiicr,        .....  (Jff 

Francis  Scott   Kaj. 

Tlie  Aatlior  of  tlie   Star-Spa)i</Jed  Banner,  .  71 

Ralh/   'Round  the    Old   Flag, 7:J 

Coiiiradi'   I{cdi)t(/toii. 

Forever  Float  the   Old   Flag,      .....  7.^ 

J.  C.  O.  liedington. 

Onr  Flag  of  tlie   Free,       ......  75 

Aiioiiiriiioits. 

Bally  'Bound   Your  Coiuitry's  Flay,  ...  76 

Stephen  A.  Dotiyla.'^s. 

Onr   Flag,  ........  77 

Ni)tcltc  M.  Loii'ntir. 

Keep  the  Flag   In   ]^ieiv,    ......  7S 

^in(nuini>n(s. 
The  First  Cnltcd   States  Flag   Around  fhr    ]\'(rrld,      .  79 

Onr  Flag   in   the   South,     ......  SO 

('.  C.  liatitor. 

Lieutenatd-General  Winfidd  Srotl  and  tlie  United  States 

Flag,  .  .     ' S7 


Mil 


Unr   I'liuj  (if  L/Ik  rhj, 

( 'dloiii  I  S.    I),    h'ii'liiiiilsini. 


I'ai/e. 

s  > 


TIk   First  United  St<it(x  Fltuj  in  the  Interior  nf  ('hi mi.  Sj 


Tin    United  Sfntcs  FloiJ  <il  the  Cmnphtinu  nf  thi    I  nioji 
Pacific  Railroad,  ...... 

One   Flag  OnJi/, 

(icnirnl    Dmiid    E.    Sivktis. 

(Jirr    (ilorion.s   Fldij,    ....... 

II.   ('.    linllnnl. 

The  Flay   Onr   ITero   Bore 

/.  ./.  liiiJhii. 


Hail  to   (hir   Banner, 


W.  P.    Tildrn. 


Our   i^tar-Genuned  Jjanner — Spirit   <>J    IS))!,     . 

If.  E.   T. 

Our  Country's  Flay  on    (iod's  Sacred  Altars,    . 

J.   Jr.  Ihuptr. 

Proudly   in    Glory   Floatiny   O'er  Is, 

J.  E.   Tttnrp. 

Conference  Iicsolntion  Regardiny  Our  Connlry's  Flay, 

Our  Flag  and  the  Cross,  ...... 

Colonel  Ihphuin. 

The  Flag   O'er  Our  School-][ouse  is  Floating, 
J.  C.  O.  linlingnm. 

Our  Flag   in   the  School -Room,  .  .  .  . 

lion.   Andrciv  S.  Dniinr. 


S.J 

sn 

87 

sn 

!fO 

in 

us 


XIV 

Pnge. 

Our   Gloriuui^  Ensign,         ......  09 

Anonymous. 

The  Flay   Over  Our   CJmrchr.^,  ....  JOO 

Tier.   E.   A.   Andnmit. 

The  Star.s  and  Stripes,      .  .  .  .  .         .  I" I 

Aiioiii/)n()n.<. 

Stand  by  the  Flay, J 03 

J.  ('.  o.  n,,ii„iiu>,i. 

Our   Star-Spanyled  Emhhin,      .....  KJ.^ 

J.   ('.   ().    Hfdiiighni. 

Our  Flay  and  the   U)ii<ni   Forever,      ....  105 

lirr.    J.    Mai  loci: 

Tell  the  Glad   Tidi„y.^, ]()(; 

.  I  iiniiiliili)U.'<. 

Blessings  on    Our  Banner.  .....  107 

J.    ('.    <).     linliiKjIin,. 

The   Mraniug   of  Our  Flag IDS 

Cojnnd   R.  a.    Iiiij(  r.ioU. 

Let   Our  Flag  Float  O'er  Each 100 

^  1  noiv/)iiou,'<. 

The  United.  States  Flag  at  XortJt    Cape,   Xoru-ay,      .  110 

Keep  the  Flag  at  tlic  Front,  .  .  .  Ill 

J.   C.   O.    1ie(lin<jrini. 

Wrap  the  Flag  Around  Me,  Boy  a,    .         .  .         .  1 IL* 

P.  Stewart  Taylor. 


XV 


Jfurrdli    (or  Ihc.   Fla<j,         .... 

J//.S.S    .1/.     //.     Iln,ri;stn„. 

U  Ill-rail  Jar  I  In    i)l,l    Fhnj, 

.  I  Udlll/IIKIIIS. 

The  CJiildroi's  SniKj  of  fill    Fliiij, 

AiKitn/tiKiiis. 

Preferred   Ihnth   fn   SnrrinihrliKj   flu    Flmj, 

The  Ameriean   Fhnj   in    ^>iir  Schonl.s, 
J.  ('.  ().    licdimjtoit. 

The    Fill;/    of   the    (  'oiishlhit/oii , 

'/'.     HllclliliKIII     liiill. 

The    A  nicrieii  n    FIdij    in    Xaxli  rilh  ,    Ten  iirt<sir 

<>li.    Wroj)    Me   in    the   FIng, 

Comrndc  Chnijluin  E.   1)(  unison. 

Lrl     Is     Ihirr    Feoer.  .... 

(irmi-dl   U.    A.    A  1(1(1-. 

llie   FUig'.s    Come  Back   to    Tennexxec, 

No  Desecration   of  "  O/r/   dlori/,'' 

Our  Banner  of  Glorij,        .... 


11, i 


A  Lovely  Banner, 


J.   C.   O.    Rcdin(jln)i. 


AnoniimoH.-i. 


The  National  Flag, 

Hon.  Charles  Sumner. 

Colors    that    Will    not    Bun, 


II.: 

in; 
//; 

//.'/ 

I ,'() 
I  j: 

I-", 
I .'.: 

U7 
US 

130 

131 

J3J 


XVI 

Our  Couiitri/'s  Fin;/  in   the  Whiff  Jfonsc,  .  ]JJ 

Flag  of  Glorij,  .......         J-U 

./.    I).   Phi II.''. 

My  Fatlicr's  Fla<j  and  Minr,    .....  IJo 

lirv.  J.  H.   Lozkr. 

Sons  of   l^'terans  (uid   Unr  Fhuj,      ....  1S6 

Coloiul   J.   If.    I'irrn. 

The  Patriot's  FUnj, J^^ 

Xnrton   JSalihutii. 

Our  Banner,      ......••  i^S 

Duvhl  Pdul  liroicn. 

The   GlorioH.'<  En.siyn,         ......  lo9 

Anoiiirnioii.<. 

Our  Banner  of  Light, JV^ 

J.  C.  s. 

The  United  States  Flag   in   Ihtlth,     .         .         .  .  lU 

Our  Honorrd    Flag.  ......  Ji>.^ 

jiiiii(.-<  ir.  Tiiiiiih . 

James  A.   Garfield  and   Onr   Flag,     ....  l.'i-! 

Oar   Glorious  Flag,  ......  JH 

Hon.  Echrard  J.  Pn.tli>n. 

Flag  if  My  Country, ii^ 

Wniinni   l^nr.'oni.'i  Luiit. 

Jhdication  of  a    Fnitid   States   Flay   Sent  by    Liidi(s 

of  New  York  to  the  Seventh  Regiment,  F'^T 

.Innninnnn.^. 


XVll 

I 'a  ye. 

(hir  FUtij   is   Tlurr, j/^fj 

A    N((i-(tl  OlYu-rr. 
Tin     FJ(i<l    nrnhirrd, /.7^y 

K    I'lnrilni.s   Vinmi,     .  .  .  .  I'tl 

(Uorijc    ]\'(tsliiiiijli>ii   (Jtillii-. 

A     L<s.s(ni    In    h<     Dm  (/hi    in     ( hi  r    I'nliHc    Sflmnls,  ]',/f 

l>r.    Ikii-liiird   Kihiarils. 

Our    F !(((/,    (hir    Fridr,         ......  /.7.7 

J.   ('.   ( >.    UkIIiiijIoii. 

TIk    Fldfl   of   Sii inter   (1)1(1    Final    I  nioii,      .  .  .  I'lfi 

.  I  iKIIIipnilKS. 

A     Fldij    of    1770   (it    tin     (  'rnfrnn  idl,    1S7G,  I~/7 

Tin    I  fall  oar, I   Fhuj, h'>S 

Pynfcasor  J.    llinmiil    Wcrl. 

Iharc    Words, /W 

CoJotxt  Jitnits  Mvttiii<i}>. 

The  Flu  (J    Wit},   Forty-Two  Stars,      .         .  .         .  101 

J.  C.  O.  Red'nujion. 

Extract   from  lion.  Edward  Eventfs  Ehxjinid  Speech 

at  a   Flag-Raising  in  Boston,   1861,  .  .  102 

Flag  of  Yankee  Doodle,    .         .         .         .         .         .         10^ 

Aiionyntnu.''. 

Saved  by   Singing  the  Star-Spangled  Banner,    .         .         105 

Tlie  Banner  of  the  Union, 100 

Kate  Brmrnlee  Sheiicood. 


XVlll 

/V((/c. 

Ihilidiis    llmiitri iKj    ( hi r    Fl<i;/.     .....  107 

Till    III  mill rij  nf  till    Aiitcricuii    Flu;/,  .  .  .  tOS 

Chnrh's  J.   Lukenx. 

The   Ciilnrs    ill    (hir    FIihi  —  II  Iml   tin  i/   J,'i  jtn  sml ,        .  170 

Frccduiii'x   Fli'!/.  ■  .  ■  ■  ■  ■  •  ]/ 1 

Gkhd. 
The  Flofj  and  the  Union,  .  .  .  .  .         172 

liufiiH  Choak. 

The    Firfif    UniDn   Flmj   Orrr   flu    Capititl   nj'  the    Con- 
fid  i  ran/   After  the   Siirreutler,     ....  173 

Our  Star-Spanglcd  Banner  Forever,  .  .         .         17 If. 

Nellie  Griswold  Jolinson. 

Monei/   Beqneathi  'J  for  Fl(i;ifi,     .....  175 

All   One  Under  the  Stars  and  Stripes,        .  .  .  177 

AnonifrnoKs. 

A   Monopoly  nf  the   Fhuj,  .....  178 

Yes,   Our  Fkuj  is   Still  Adra)icing,   ....  179 

Chaplain  Lazier. 

Stiiiiil  hij    Our   Ciinidnjs  Flag,  ....  1S1 

Anouiimouit. 

Till    Beauties  of  the  Anieriean   Flag,  .  .  .  182 

George  F.  Hour. 

Our   Grand  Old  Flag, 18.J 

J.  P.  Martin. 

A  Memorable  Command,  ......         184- 

Jolm  A.  iJix. 


XIX 

l'"llt- 

Our    Coil  III  I'l/'s    Fill;/    In    Sivih.i  rliind,  .  .  .  I  So 

Our   Jlalllc-Fldijs,        .......  /Av; 

Mosi'H  (t.   (Jiri  ,1. 

The  NcUiiiii's  Finn  llnlintrk — 77/r  Suns  itj    WltrdiiK,  I S7 

Cltdilis  F.   (,'riljiii. 

dor.  Vales  nnd  Ihc  Anirr/caii.  Fld'j,  .  .  .  IS'.I 

Under  the  Fldij  of  Oar  FaHtcrH,        ....  /!)'/ 

(jCDiyc   II.    lidkfr. 

IldUij    'Ihiiniil    Onr    Fhiij, /.'// 

J  dines  T.  Fields. 

11  ij in II    Id   the   FIdg, 192 

Onnrcule  E.  W.  Fmler. 

The    Tattered  Ikianer, IDS 

.liiDiii/nniiis. 

Old  Glory, 104. 

A.  Read  Widcs. 

The   Fldij   of  IIk    Si.rth    Indidiid,  ....  Khj 

neliirn   <>/  the  Fhujs  t„    Their   Stdtex,  .  lOG 

Alfred  n.  ^Ireet. 

Our   Bdiiner  on   the   Soldier  s   Bier,   ....  107 

Onr  Fldij  and  the   Soldier's  Orare,    ....  199 

Anotu/iuinis. 

]Vrdl>f   in   Onr  Fid;/, 200 

AinniiiiuoKs. 


Introduction 


When  we  read  a  book  il  is  desirable  to  have  some  knowledge 
of  its  author,  and  as  my  life-long  friend,  the  Rev.  George  W. 
Gue,  is  about  to  present  to  the  public  a  beautiful  and  patriotic 
work,  entitled  "Our  Country's  Fi.ag,"  it  affords  me  great 
pleasure  to  have  the  privilege  of  introducing  him  to  those  who 
may  read  it  and  yet  have  never  formed  his  acquaintance. 

I  presume  no  man  living  has  known  him  as  long  and  inti- 
mately as  myself,  and  I  am  therefore  qualified  to  speak.  We 
were  school-boys  together,  and  for  a  number  of  years  have 
been  closely  identified  in  the  ministry. 

He  is  a  genial  soul,  has  ever  been  earnest  and  enthusiastic, 
and  the  friends  of  his  earlier  life  are  not  surprised  that  he  is 
extensively  and  favorably  known  as  a  Methodist  minister. 

He  was  born  February  27th,  1840,  in  Neville,  Clermont 
County,  Ohio,  thirty  miles  above  Cincinnati,  on  the  banks  of 
the  Ohio  river. 

When  ten  years  of  age  the  family  moved  to  Princeville, 
Peoria  County,  Illinois,  where  soon  after  his  father,  John  W. 
Gue,  died,  leaving  a  wife,  a  daughter,  and  two  sons,  George 
being  the  oldest. 

The  mother,  Mrs.  J.  T.  Gue,  a  very  intelligent,  religious, 
and  capable  woman,  carried  on  the  mercantile  business  left  by 
her  husband  for  a  number  of  years,  making  a  comfortable 
support  for  the  family  and  educating  her  children. 

After  receiving  an  academical  education,  at  the  age  of  nine- 
teen  years  he  was  admitted  into   the    ministry  of  the  Metho- 


dist  Episcopal  cliurch,  becoming  a  member  of  the  Peoria  (now 
the  Central  Illinois)  Conference,  and  was  the  youngest  member 
ever  received  into  that  body. 

In  the  central  part  of  the  State  of  Illinois  he  has  spent  the 
most  of  his  life,  faithfully  laboring  in  the  ministry,  filling  some 
of  the  most  prominent  pulpits  in  his  conference  with  ability  and 
marked  success,  being  recognized  by  his  brethren  as  a  church- 
builder  and  successful  financier. 

In  1862,  when  the  war-spirit  was  dominant  in  the  land, 
extending  to  every  loyal  home,  until  cit)^  village,  and  hamlet 
were  thrilled  with  holy  patriotic  excitement,  he  enlisted  as 
a  private  soldier,  but  in  a  short  time  was  promoted  to  the 
Chaplaincy  of  the  loSth  Regiment  Illinois  Volunteers,  and  for 
three  j-ears  in  that  capacitj-  did  good  and  faithful  service.  He 
was  twent)'-two  years  of  age  when  commissioned,  being  the 
youngest  Chaplain  ever  mustered  into  the  United  States  Army, 
and  was  highlj'  respected  among  the  officers  and  men  with  whom 
he  served. 

Hon.  John  Warner,  late  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Peoria, 
Illinois,  and  the  first  Colonel  of  the  loStli  Regiment,  wrote  of 
him,  saying  : 

"  Chaplain  Gue  Was  with  his  regiment  on  ever}-  march  and 
in  every  battle,  always  at  his  post,  bearing  away  the  wounded 
and  helping  to  cover  up  the  dead.  He  was  loved  by  every  man 
in  the  regiment,  who  would  have  fought  and  died  for  him  at  au}^ 
time." 

Mr.  Gue  remained  the  Chaplain  of  that  regiment  for  three 
years,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  returned  with  a  small  fragment 
of  what  was  once  a  splendid  organization.  They  returned  to 
Peoria,  August,  1865,  the  same  city  where  three  years  before 
they  were  mustered  into  the  United  States  service. 

For  years  Mr.  Gue  has  been  an  active  Grand  Army  man, 
serving  the  most  of  the  time  as  Post  Chaplain,  and  during  the 


3 

year  iHScj  he  was  Chaplain  of  the  Departinent  of  Illinois  of  the 
G.  A.  R.,  and  for  years  has  been  familiarly  known  as  Chaplain  Gue. 

He  has  ever  been  a  staunch  friend  of  the  Uni(jn  and  ])assion- 
ately  fond  of  the  Fi,.\c,  —  never  liap])ier  than  when  .preac-hinj; 
beneath  its  folds.  This  is  one  of  his  familiar  sayings  :  "  To  me 
nothinj;-  is  above  the  Stars  and  .Strijjes  save  the  Cross  of  Jesus 
Christ." 

With  a  fervor  characteristic  of  the  man,  lie  has  taken  a  deep 
and  active  interest  in  ]dacing  our  C(ninlr\'s  Ma.i;  upon  school- 
houses  and  churches  as  far  as  his  influence  could  aid  in  this 
direction. 

To  him  for  years  the  flag  has  been  a  special  theme,  ever 
delighting  to  speak  of  it  in  his  .sermons  and  addresses  to  secular 
and  vSunduN-vScliools  ;  ])ut  in  his  orations  on  special  occasions  he 
appears  to  the  best  advantage  upon  this  theme.  With  a  soul  all 
aglow  with  patriotic  fire,  holding  up  the  flag,  portraying  its 
beauties,  and  proclaiming  its  meaning,  he  has  exhibited  a 
wonderful  power  over  his  audiences  in  awakening  in  their 
hearts  a  love  for  the  old  flag. 

For  several  years  it  has  been  known  to  a  few  of  his  friends 
that  he  has  been  gathering  materials,  consisting  of  poems,  etc.,  on 
the  American  flag,  with  the  thought  of  at  some  time  placing  them 
in  book  form.  This  has  met  the  approval  of  many  interested  in 
him,  wdio  have  urged  the  publication  of  the  work,  and  this  he 
has  finally  done. 

It  was  a  task  requiring  a  vast  amount  of  time  and  work, 
and  involving  a  large  expenditure  of  money,  but  it  is  just  such 
a  volume  as  is  needed  at  the  present  time,  and  the  publication  of 
it  cannot  fail  to  do  good. 

Hoping    this    effort    will    be    crowned    with    success,    I    am 

always  his  friend, 

REV.  C.  W.  AVUNG, 

Pastor  M.  E.  Church,  Henry,  Illinois. 
MerT\ber  of  Central  Illinois  Conference. 


pREFHCE. 


The  flag  of  the  United  States  of  America  —  the  wStars  and 
Stripes  —  is  a  banner  dearly  loved  by  many  millions  of  freemen. 
It  is  truly  the  emblem  of  the  free  and  the  brave.  For  more  than 
a  century  it  has  waved  triumphantly  on  every  high  sea  and  been 
hailed  by  lovers  of  true  liberty  in  every  land. 

It  is  beautiful  in  painting,  hanging  in  the  drawing-room  ; 
beautiful  when  engraven  by  the  sculptor  on  the  granite  rock, 
but  far  more  beautiful  when  waving  aloft  from  flag-staff"  or  mast- 
head as  the  emblem  of  American  liberty.  It  is  glorious  in  the 
memories  that  cluster  about  it ;  glorious  in  the  inspirations  it 
awakens  ;  glorious  in  its  power  to  call  the  nation  to  arms  to 
defend  it  from  its  foes  ;  glorious  on  land  and  sea,  where  our  proud 
victories  have  been  won.  Dear  old  flag,  emblem  of  freedom  ! 
Oppressions  die  where  it  waves,  and  wrong  can  never  triumph 
beneath  its  foldsJ 

A  million  oif  men,  out  of  the  purest  principles  of  patriotism, 
have  surrendered  everything  dear  to  them  and  laid  down  their 
lives  to  maintain  the  honor  of  ' '  Our  Flag ' '  and  preserve  the 
institutions  it  represents.  Shall  we  of  this  generation,  who  enjoy 
protection  under  its  folds,  fail  to  appreciate  what  it  means  and 
what  it  cost  ? 

The  United  States  of  America  has  but  one  flag — "  Thk 
Stars  and  Stripes  " — and  there  is  no  room  in  our  republic  for 
any  other.  It  is  the  only  one  that  should  ever  be  carried  in 
processions  on  our  streets  or  wave  over  the  homes  and  public 
buildings  of  our  nation.     In  every  school-room  and  over  every 


pulpit  this  flag  should  be  unfurled  as  an  emblem  of  our  Christian 
civilization  and  a  lesson  of  patriotic  devotion  to  all  the  institu- 
tions of  this  great  American  republic.  To  this  end  this  souvenir 
is  sent  out  on  its  mission  among  the  people,  believing  that  no 
more  suitable  or  profitable  present  could  be  given  bj'  parents 
to  children  or  friend  to  friend.  Its  very  presence  in  the  home 
will  be  a  lesson  of  loyalt>'. 

The  design  of  this  book  is  not  intended  to  extol  the  soldier, 
but  the  flag.  Care  has  been  taken  to  keep  the  thought  of  the 
flag  constantly  in  view  in  every  selection.  It  is  high-toned  in 
every  respect  ;  and  while  designed  to  cultivate  loyalty  to  our 
country  and  patriotic  devotion  to  her  institutions,  it  is  entirely 
free  from  political,  sectional,   and  .sectarian  prejudice. 

This  book  comprises  all  the  best  poems  on  the  American 
flag,  both  old  and  new,  with  extracts  from  speeches,  also  many 
mottoes  and  saj'ings.  The  engravings  are  all  original,  and  of 
the  finest  workmanship.  While  Solomon's  wt)rds  are  ni  this  day 
literally  true,  "of  making  many  books  there  is  no  end,"  still 
there  is  room  and  need  for  just  such  a  publication  as  this. 

Yours  truly, 

GEORGE  W.  GUE. 


PICKNOWLElDGMENT. 


The  poems  and  other  selections  useil  in  lliis  j)ublication  have 
been  gathered  from  many  sonrces,  and  the  most  of  them  were 
covered  by  copyright.  It  has  taken  a  great  deal  of  time  and 
pains  to  find  the  authors  and  publishers,  and  obtain  their  per- 
mission to  use  the  articles  presented  in  this  book. 

In  the  index  the  names  of  the  authors,  as  far  as  it  was 
possible  to  obtain  them,  have  been  given.  I  now  take  this 
opportunity  of  recognizing  the  publishers  who  have  kindly 
permitted  me  to  select  and  use  such  pieces  from  their  publications 
as  have  suited   my  fancy. 

I  am  especially  indebted  to  Comrade  J.  C.  O.  Redington. 
of  Syracuse,  New  York,  who  kindly  furnished  me  about  twenty 
of  the  most  valuable  poems  in  this  collection,  and  many  of 
them  are  his  own  production.  He  also  rendered  other  service 
that  I  now  take  pleasure  in  this  public  manner  of  recognizing. 
He  is  the  publisher  of  the  Acme  Haversack,  a  monthly  pub- 
lication of  songs  and   patriotic  eloquence. 

I  also  wish  to  mention  the  publishing-house  of  S.  Hrainard's 
Sons,  Chicago,  Illinois,  who  gave  me  permis.sion  to  use  the 
following  poems,  on  which  they  hold  the  copyright:  "The 
Soldier's  Pride,"  "Stand  Up  for  the  Flag,"  "The  Stars  and 
Stripes  of  Old,"  "Wrap  the  Flag  Around  Me.  Boys,"  and  "Our 
Flag  and  the  Union  Forever."  They  are  the  publishers  of  an 
excellent  book,  entitled  "Our  War  Songs,  North  and  South," 
also  jobbers  and  importers  of  American  and   foreign  music. 


The  elegant  poem,  "  Flag  of  Our  Country,"  is  from  the 
Cyclopaedia  of  British  and  American  Poets,  and  is  inserted  by 
permission  of  the  publishers,   Harper  Brothers,   New  York. 

With  the  consent  of  the  Excelsior  Publishing  Company,  29 
and  31  Beekman  street.  New  York,  I  have  taken  from  Burdett's 
Recitations  and  Readings  two  prose  selections,  one,  ' '  The  Stars 
and  Stripes,"  the  author  of  which  is  unknown,  and  the  other,  by 
Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beecher.  entitled  the  "American  Flag." 

"The  Stripes  and  Stars,"  by  Edna  Dean  Proctor,  is  from 
a  beautiful  book  of  poems,  called  "  Bugle  Echoes,"  by  D.  F. 
Browne,  who  most  cheerfulh'  granted  the  privilege  of  reprint- 
ing it  here. 

"  The  History  of  Our  Country's  Flag  "  was  written  especially 
for  this  book,  by  Rev.  Addis  Albro,  D.  D.,  of  Utica,  New  York, 
who  deserves  great  credit  for  the  time  and  pains  he  has  taken 
in  gathering  the  facts,  and  carefully  writing  this  concise  history 
of  the  United  States  Flag. 

"Our  Country's  Flag"  was  compo.sed  for  this  work  by 
Rev.  D.  A.  Perrin,  M.  A.,  of  p-lanigan,  Illinois,  who  is  the 
author  of  .several  fine  poems,  and  has  published  a  souvenir 
entitled  "Faith   at   the   Cross." 

"Our  Honored  Flag"  and  "  Our  Country's  Flag  on  God's 
Sacred  Altar  "  were  written  for  this  book,  by  request,  by  Mr. 
James  W.  Temple,  of  Victoria,  Illinois. 

"Our  National  Banner,"  written  by  William  Dexter  Smith, 
Jr.,  is  from  the  "  Patriotic  Reader,"  a  splendid  work  on  patriot- 
ism, compiled  by  General  Henry  B.  Carrington  —  a  book  that 
should  be  in  all  our  schools.  The  poem  is  printed  in  this  col- 
lection  by  permission  of  the  author. 

Professor  J.  Howard  Wert,  a  poet  of  rec(jgnized  ability,  is 
the  author  of  "Our  Hallowed  Flag,"  which  is  u.sed  in  this 
work  by  his  permission. 


"Hurrah  for  the  Flag,"  a  part  of  which  is  here  inserted, 
was  composed  by  Miss  M.  II.  Ilowlistou,  and  is  used  by  permis- 
sion of  the  publishers,  A.  S.  Harnes  &  Co. 

When  this  book  was  ready  for  the  press,  and  only  waiting 
for  a  couple  of  the  last  engravings,  I  noticed,  in  reading  the 
supplement  to  the  "  Encyclopaedia  Britannica,"  a  reference  to  a 
publication  entitled  "The  Flag  of  the  United  States  and  other 
National  Flags,"  by  George  Henry  Preble,  of  the  United  States 
Navy.  I  ordered  the  work,  and  found  a  number  of  extracts 
from  speeches  and  sayings  of  representative  men  regarding  the 
flag  ;  these  I  have  used  in  part,  including  a  few  verses  suitable 
for  this  publication.  VV^ith  each  quotation  proper  credit  has 
been  given. 

I  am  also  glad  that  I  can  publish  in  this  book  a  couple  of 
excellent  poems  by  Rev.  John  Hogarth  Lozier,  of  Mt.  Vernon, 
Iowa,  who  was  Chaplain  of  the  37th  Regiment  Indiana  Infantry 
and  Chaplain-in-Chief  of  the  First  National  Encampment  G. 
A.  R.,  1866.  The  poems  he  has  given  are,  "Our  Flag  is  Still 
Advancing"  and  "My  Father's  Flag  and  Mine,"  the  song  of 
the  sons  and  daughters  of  veterans. 

By  a  number  of  other  persons,  whose  names  I  cannot  give, 
I  have  been  a.ssisted  in  many  ways  in  compiling  this  book, 
and  I  feel  exceedingly  grateful  to  all  for  the  aid  and  encourage- 
ment thus  given. 

GEORGE  W.  GUE. 

Rock  Island,  Illinois. 


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THE  HISTORY  OF  OUR  COUNTRY'S  FI^AG. 

KKV.   ADDIS  ALHRO,   LL.  B.,  D.  D. 

In  the  whole  universe  of  matter  and  mind,  revelation  is 
fundamental  to  existence.  All  nature  is  eloquent  in  the  out- 
ward manifestation  of  internal  character.  It  is  instinctive  of 
nature  to  unfold  in  varied  order  and  beauty  the  marvelous 
harmonies  with  which  it  is  endowed.  In  fact,  nature  itself 
is  a  sublime  manifestation  of  the  creative  mind,  and  is  every- 
where symbolic  of  omnific  power,  wisdom,   and  goodness. 

Man,  who  is  exponential  of  his  Creator,  is  vocal  with  this 
spirit  of  revelation.  His  character,  invisible  like  that  of  his 
Maker,  must  be  revealed.  All  of  his  actions  tend  in  this 
direction.  His  most  important  means  of  communication  is  by 
words,  which  are  signs  of  ideas  inwardly  conceived. 

In  the  state  where  man  is  viewed  as  a  member  of  society 
this  same  spirit  obtains.  The  national  life  must  be  revealed. 
Underlying  the  nation  are  principles  involved  in  its  foundation, 
development,  and  preservation.  These  are  sacred  to  the  nation, 
and  are  expres.sed  in  its  songs,  embodied  in  its  history, 
memorialized  in  its  monuments,  and  inscribed  upon  its  banners. 

As  expressive  of  principles  vital  to  its  existence,  every 
order,  society,  or  institution  has  its  symbol.  No  age  or  nation 
has  existed  without  its  appropriate  insignia.  By  an  emblem 
the  adherents  of  a  party,  faith,  or  union  may  express  principles 
which  might  require  volumes  to  make  clear.  Such  an  emblem 
is  the  cross,  which  symbolizes  the  entire  Christian  system. 
From  time  immemorial  the  flag,  in  some  of  its  varied  and 
numerous  forms,  has  been  prominent  as  an  insignia.  At  the 
present  time  it  is  the  ensign  of  most,  if  not  all,  of  the  nations 
of  the  earth. 


II 

The  history  of  the  American  Flag  is  intensely  interesting, 
and  should  he  carefully  studied.  ICarly  in  their  history  the 
colonists  used  the  royal  ensign  of  England,  which  they  variously 
modified  as  to  form,  color,  and  figure.  At  one  time  a  special 
flag  was  established  for  New  England,  and  consisted  of  a  white 
field  with  a  cro.ss  of  St.  George.  In  the  center  of  this  flag  was 
in.scribed  "J.  R." — Jacobus  Rex  —  surmounted  by  a  crown.  In 
the  beginning  of  the  revolution  a  variety  of  flags  was  displayed, 
many  of  which  l)i)re  some  patriotic  motto,  such  as  "Liberty," 
"Liberty  and  Union,"  etc.  In  some  instances  these  mottoes 
were  defiant  of  the  English  govenuuent.  After  the  battle  of 
Lexington  the  troops  of  Connecticut  displayed  a  flag  on  which 
was  the  arms  of  the  colony,  with  the  legend,  "  (Jui  transtulil 
sustinet."  After  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  a  flag  was  unfurled 
containing  on  the  obv'erse  side  the  motto  of  Connecticut,  and, 
on  the  reverse  side  the  words,  ''An  Appeal  to  Heaveny  Among 
the  various  flags  borne  by  military  companies  during  the  revo- 
lution, the  rattlesnake  flag  was,  perhaps,  among  the  most  notable. 
It  was  displayed  in  at  least  two  designs.  In  one  form  the  snake 
had  thirteen  rattles,  and  under  it  was  the  injunction,  "  Dont 
Tread  on  Me.''  In  the  other,  the  snake  was  in  thirteen  pieces, 
and  below  it  was  the  legend,  '"Join  or  Die^ 

In  1775  a  committee  appointed  by  Congress  a.ssembled  at 
Cambridge  to  consider  the  subject  of  a  flag  for  the  colonies. 
They  recommended  the  retention  of  the  Union  Jack,  "  repre- 
.senting  the  yet  recognized  .sovereignty  of  England,"  and  united 
with  it  thirteen  stripes,  alternate  red  and  white,  "emblematic 
of  the  union  of  the  thirteen  colonies  against  its  tyranny  and 
oppression."  On  January  2d,  1776,  Washington  hoisted  this 
flag  over  the  camp  at  Cambridge,  and  it  was  .saluted  with 
thirteen  guns  and  thirteen  cheers.  The  first  flag,  however, 
that  bore  thirteen  stripes,  as  symbolic  of  the  thirteen  colonies, 


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was  invented  by  Abrani  Markoe,  of  Philadelphia,  in  the 
summer  of  1775,  and  may  have  influenced  the  conmiittee  in 
the  arrangement  of  the  flag  of  1775. 

In  June,  1777,  a  committee  appointed  by  Congress  to  confer 
with  General  Washington  concerning  a  design  for  a  national 
flag  reported  the  result  of  its  work  to  Congress,  which  passed, 
without  debate,  on  June  14th,  the  following:  "Resolved,  That 
the  flag  of  the  thirteen  United  States  be  thirteen  stripes,  alternate 
red  and  white  ;  that  the  union  be  thirteen  stars  (white)  in  a 
blue  field,  representing  a  new  constellation."  This  is  the  first 
and  only  record  of  the  establishment  of  a  national  flag  for  the 
United  vStates  of  America.  The  idea  of  the  flag  is  thus  given  : 
"The  red  tells  of  the  blood  shed  by  our  forefathers  for  their 
country  ;  the  blue,  of  the  heavens  and  their  protection  ; 
and  the  stars  represent  a  new  constellation  of  states." 
The  blue  of  the  field  represents  steadfastness,  faith,  and  love  ; 
the  red  denotes  courage,  daring,  and  defiance  ;  and  the  white 
is  symbolic  of  integrity  and  purity.  The  flag,  on  the  whole, 
was  a  blending  of  the  desirable  features  of  the  various  flags 
previously  displayed  by  the  colonists.  The  first  flag  of  this 
pattern  was  made  by  Mrs.  John  Ross,  239  Arch  street,  Phila- 
delphia. The  residence  occupied  by  Mrs.  Ross,  in  which  the 
first  flag  was  made,  still  stands  (1890)  in  Philadelphia,  an  object 
of  interest  to  all. 

After  the  recognition  of  the  independence  of  the  United 
States  of  America  by  Great  Britain,  the  stars  and  stripes  became 
recognized  throughout  the  world  as  the  symbol  of  a  new  nation. 
It  was  first  displayed  in  England  by  the  American  painter, 
Copley,  on  December  5th,  1782.  It  was  first  hoisted  in  a  British 
port  at  Downs,  on  February  3d,  17S3,  by  the  ship  Bedford. 
Robert  Gray,  in  1788-90,  first  carried  the  American  flag  around 
the  world. 


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It  is  related  that  "  the  first  military  incident  connected  with 
the  stars  and  stripes  lielongs  to  iMjrt  Stanwix,  afterwards  known 
as  Fort  Schuyler,  and  now  the  site  of  the  city  of  Rome,  New 
York,  and  occurred  August  3d,  177.S.  When  the  enemy 
appeared  before  it  the  garrison  was  without  a  flag,  but  their 
patriotism  and  ingenuity  scjou  supplied  one.  Sheets  were 
cut  up  to  form  the  white  stripes,  bits  <jf  scarlet  cloth  were 
joined  for  the  red,  and  the  blue  i^ronnd  for  the  stars  was 
composed  of  a  camletf  cloak,  furnished  by  Cai)tain  Abraham 
Swarthout.  Before  sunset  this  curious  nujsaic  standard  was 
floating  over  one  of  the  bastions." 

On  January  13th,  1794,  by  act  of  Congress,  after  the 
admission  of  Vermont  and  Kentucky  into  the  ITnion.  the 
number  of  stars  and  stripes  was  increa.sed  to  fifteen.  This 
was  the  flag  that  inspired  Francis  Scott  Keys,  when  a  captive, 
to  write  the   "  Star- .Spangled  .Banner." 

On  the  admission  of  Indiana,  in  1S16,  a  connnittee  was 
"appointed  to  inquire  into  the  expediency  of  altering  the  flag 
of  the  United  States."  While  the  committee  was  deliberating, 
Caf)tain  Samuel  Chester  Reid,  of  the  Navy,  a  son  of  Lieutenant 
John  Reid,  of  the  English  Navy,  was  requested  to  make  a 
design  for  our  flag  "without  destroying  its  distinctive  charac- 
ter." He  recommended  the  reduction  of  "  the  number  of  stripes 
to  thirteen,  and  that  the  stars  be  increased  to  the  luimber  of 
States,  and  be  formed  into  one  great  star,  whose  brilliancy 
should  represent  their  union  ;  also  that  a  star  should  be  added 
to  this  constellation  for  every  new  State  admitted."  After 
considerable  debate  and  delay,  Congress,  on  April  4th,  18 18, 
enacted:  "That  from  and  after  the  Fourth  of  July  next  the 
flag  of  the  United  States  be  thirteen  horizontal  stripes.  «ilter- 
nate  red  and  white  ;  that  the  union  have  twenty  stars  (.white; 
in  a  blue  field  ;  that  on   admission  of  every  uew  State  to  the 


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Union  one  star  be  added  to  the  union  of  the  flag,  and  that 
such  addition  should  take  effect  on  the  Fourth  of  July  next 
succeeding  such  admission."  This  act  was  approved  by  the 
President  on  the  day  of  its  passage.  The  first  flag  conforming 
to  this  provision  was  made  by  Mrs.  Reid,  "the  wife  of  its 
gallant  designer,  and  had  the  stars  arranged  as  one  great 
star."  This  flag  was  hoisted  over  the  House  of  Representatives, 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  April  14th,  18 18,  notwith.standing  the 
law  was  not  to  go  into  effect  until  the  Fourth  of  July  following. 
It  will  be  noticed  that  Congress  did  not  fix  the  kind  or 
order  of  the  stars  placed  upon  the  flag.  The  original  design  of 
the  flag  of  1777,  as  drawn  in  pencil  by  General  Washington,  and 
presented  as  a  pattern  to  Mrs.  Ross,  required  six-pointed  stars. 
At  the  suggestion  of  Mrs.  Ross  that  five-pointed  stars  would 
be  more  symmetrical,  the  design  was  changed.  Since  then 
custom  makes  the  star  five-pointed.  The  constellation  in  the 
original  flag  was  irregular,  which  is  believed  to  be  the  intent 
of  the  law  of  1777,  which  established  the  flag.  Since  that  time 
the  form  of  the  constellation  has  varied  with  the  tastes  of  the 
people.  By  the  War  Department  the  stars  in  the  union  are 
usually  arranged  so  as  to  form  one  large  star  of  great  brilliancy 
—  symbolic  of  the  grandeur  of  our  Union  of  States.  In  the 
Navy  the  stars  are  arranged  in  straight  lines,  perpendicular 
and  horizontal.  Sometimes  on  other  flags  the  stars  are  placed 
in  a  circle  —  significant  of  endless  union.  By  a  recent  order 
of  the  Secretar)^  of  War,  on  and  after  July  4th,  1890,  the  stars 
are  to  be  arranged  in  horizontal  and  perpendicular  lines.  Each 
horizontal  line  will  contain  seven  stars.  The  bureau  of  equip- 
ment of  the  Navy  Department  has  arranged,  and  the  govern- 
ment accepted,  that  the  field  of  the  flag  shall  contain  six 
horizontal  rows  of  seven  stars  each,  with  an  extra  star  at  the 
upper   left-hand    corner   of    the    field.     After    July    4th,    1S91, 


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Wyoming's  star  will   be   ])lace(l   at   llie  lower  left-hand   corner. 
Until  July   4tli,    iSyi,   the  order  is: 

;|=  :|:  :i:  :{:  :i: 

:i:  ;1:  JJJ  *  *  *  Mi 

=1-  :i-  i:  ••:  -A:  :!:  -A: 


In  designing  a  flag  the  width  should  be  two-thirds  of  the 
length.  The  field,  which  is  blue,  should  be  one-third  the  length 
of  the  flag,  and  cover  the  wadth  of  seven  stripes.  Of  the 
thirteen  stripes  .seven  are  red.  The  stars,  equal  in  number  to 
the  States  of  the  Union,  are  white,  and,  by  custom,  five-pointed. 

Our  flag  is  the  distinctive  symbol  of' our  nationality,  and 
proudly  and  majestically  waves,  the  ensign  of  a  people  whose 
civilization  is  second   to   none  on   the  face  of  the  earth. 


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From  "  Our  Youth)."] 

BIRTHPLACE   OF   THE   AMERICAN    FLAG. 

On  one  of  the  principal  streets  of  Philadelphia  stands  a 
little  two-and-one-half  story  building  in  a  neighborhood  with  no 
companion  of  its  kind,  where  ground  is  valuable.  All  around  it 
big  warehouses  rear  their  heads,  Init  amid  the  bustle  and  hurry 

and   clash    and    clamor   of 
commerce   the  little  house 
modestly  stands,  and   thus 
far  has  received  scant  rever- 
ence  as   the   birthplace   of 
the   Star-Spangled    Banner 
which  now  so  triumphantly 
waves 
O'er  the  land  of  the  free 
And  the  home  of  the  brave." 
Congress,  bj-  resolution  of 
June  14th,  1777,  authorized 
the  creation  of  the  first  flag 
of  the  I'nited  States  thus: 
"  Resolved,  That  the  flag 
of  the  thirteen  United  States 
be    thirteen    stripes,   alter- 
:  -"--V  •'        nate    red    and  white  ;    that 
Birttipiace  of  tiie  American  Flag.  ^\^^  uniou  be  thirteen  stars 

(white)  in  a  blue  field,  representing  a  new  constellation." 

The  idea  of  the  flag  has  thus  been  given:  "The  red  tells 
of  the  blood  shed  by  our  forefathers  for  their  country;  the  blue, 
of  the  heavens  and  their  protection,  and  the  stars  represent  a 
new  constellation  of  states."  The  idea  was  taken  from  the  con- 
stellation Lyra,  which  signifies  harmony.     The  blue  of  the  field 

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was  taken  from  the  edj^es  of  Covenanters'  banner,  significant  of 
the  league  and  covenant  against  oppression,  involving  the  vir- 
tues of  vigilance,  perseverance,  and  justice.  The  thirteen  stripes 
and  stars  showed  the  nunilier  of  the  united  colonies. 

The  whole  was  a  blending  of  the  various  Hags  i)re\-ious  to 
the  Union  flag  —  the  red  one  of  the  army  and  the  white  one  of 
the  floating  batteries.  The  red  color  denotes  daring  and  de- 
fiance-, and  the  white  purity. 

After  the  passage  of  the  resolution  a  conuniltee  of  Congress, 


Roorri  in  wfiich  t^e  first  American  Flag  was  rnade. 

which  then  met  in  Philadelphia,  accompanied  by  General  Wash- 
ington, called  upon  Mrs.  John  Ross,  a  well-known  milliner, 
living  at  239  Arch  street.  They  were  received  in  her  back 
parlor,  and  she  was  engaged  to  make  a  flag  from  a  drawing  made 
by  General  Washington  with  a  pencil,  and  in  that  same  room  the 
work  was  completed. 

Since    then    the    house    has    undergone    many    changes   of 
owners,  but  that  little  room   has  been  preserved   in  its  original 


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condition,  and  so  have  the  other  portions  of  the  dwelHng,  except 
that  the  necessary  changes  have  been  made  in  the  front  apart- 
ments to  transform  them  into  a  beer-saloon. 

The  dingy  back  parlor  where  General  Washington's  fingers 
traced  the  outlines  of  the  first  emblems  of  American  inde- 
pendence is  a  small  room.  Two  windows  with  heavy  sashes 
divided  into  small  squares  furnish  it  with  light.  In  one  corner 
is  an  old-fashioned  cupboard,  and  an  old-time  fire-place  is  still 
surrounded  by  blue  and  white  tiles,  which  plainly  show  that 
Mrs.  John  Ross  was  a  lady  of  no  mean  position,  and  th'at  her 
little    home    made   pretensions    to   style. 

Mrs.    A.    Mund,    present    owner   of   the    historic   building, 

a.s.sures  us  that  no  change  will  be  made  while  .she  is  alive.    Large 

sums  have  been  offered  for  the  lot  and  also  for  the  tiles  around 

the  fire-place.     Visitors  are  welcome,  and  gladlj-  .shown  the  little 

back  parlor. 

Charles  J.  Budd. 


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From  (he  "lr|fer-Oci;Tn."l 

DKSlvCRATION  OF  TTIIv  I'LAO. 

A  bill  was  reported  to  the  National  House  of  Representa- 
tives which  every  citizen  who  reveres  the  starr\-  banner  of 
National  freedom  will  endorse.     It  reads  : 

"  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 
of  the  United  States,  in  Congress  assembled,  That  any  person 
or  persons  who  shall  use  the  National  flag,  either  by  printing, 
painting,  or  affixing  on  said  flag,  or  otherwise  attaching  to  the 
same,  any  advertisement  for  public  display  or  private  gain  shall 
be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof  in  the 
District  Court  of  the  ITnited  States  shall  1)e  fined  in  any  sum 
not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  less  than  thirt\- 
days,   or  both,   at  the  discretion  of  the  court." 

Anonymous. 


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From   "New  York  Tnbuae,"   May  27th,   1890] 

MAGNIFYING  THE  FLAG. 

Fervent  devotion  to  the  Star-Spangled  Banner  becomes  a 
matter  of  course  with  all  loj-al  Americans  when  war  is  on. 
But  in  the  piping  times  of  })eace  love  of  country  is  apt  to 
wax  cold,  and  the  flag  to  be  regarded  with  no  more  emotion 
than  the  primrose  inspired  in  the  breast  of  the  man  of  whom 
Wordsworth  sang  — 

"  A  primrose  by  the  river  brim, 
A  5'ellow  primrose  was  to  him; 
And  it  was  nothing  more." 

Hence  whatever  in  these  tranquil  days  tends  to  stimulate 
the  patriotic  .sentiment,  to  quicken  affection  for  the  flag,  is 
de.serving  of  the  heartiest  encouragement.  Of  late,  it  is  grati- 
fying to  note,  there  has  been  manifest  a  disposition  on  the 
part  of  our  people  to  honor  the  flag  as  it  has  never  been 
honored  before  in  time  of  peace.  A  bill  was  passed  at  the 
last  .session  of  the  New  York  Legislature  authorizing  the 
purchase  by  the  local  authorities  of  the  American  colors,  to 
the  end  that  they  maj^  be  flung  to  the  l^reeze  above  the  pub- 
lic school  buildings.  Early  in  the  spring  one  of  the  Grand 
Army  Posts  at  the  Capital  presented  a  beautiful  flag  to  the 
High  School,  and  there  have  been  many  similar  presentations 
of  late  in  various  parts  of  the  State  and  the  country. 

Of  related  significance  is  the  bill  which  was  lately  reported 
to  Congress  from  the  Judiciary  Committee,  having  for  its  object 
to  prevent  the  desecration  of  the  National  flag.  It  provides 
that   ' '  any  person  who  shall   use  the  National  flag,   either  by 


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printing,  painting,  or  affixing  on  said  flag,  or  otherwise  attaching 
to  the  same,  any  advertisement  for  public  display  or  private 
gain  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction 
thereof  in  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States  shall  l)e 
fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  or  imprisonment 
not  less  than  thirty  days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
court."  Doul)tless  some  people  will  object  to  this  measure, 
characterizing  it  as  sentimental.  But  the  majority  of  Americans 
will  heartily  approve  of  it.  A  people  that  allows  its  flag  to 
be  used  for  a  display  of  advertisements  connives  at  its  degrada- 
tion, and  does  not  deserve  to  have  a  country.  General  Dix's 
famous  "  shoot-him-on-the-spot "  order,  looking  to  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  honor  of  the  flag,  did  as  much  as  anything  in  his 
long  and  illustrious  career  to  commend  him  to  the  regard  of 
his  countrymen.  Ikit  wlu'  place  so  much  stress  on  the  matter 
of  keeping  the  flag  flying  if  it  is  not  .something  worthy  of 
veneration  ?  And  if  it  is  something  worthy  of  veneration,  then 
an  advertisement  insults  it.  The  person  who  would  advertise 
his  wares  on  the  flag  of  our  Union  would,  if  an  opportunity 
offered,  most  likely  tack  one  of  his  hand-bills  on  God's  altar. 
There's  a  place  for  everj-thing.  The  best  place  for  an  adver- 
tisement  is  in  a  newspaper. 

It  is  the  plain  duty  of  all  public-spirited  Americans  to  do 
their  best  to  make  the  rising  generation  feel  an  enthusiasm  for 
the  flag  ;  to  inspire  in  the  hearts  of  the  boys  and  girls  of  to-day 
so  deep  an  aifection  and  admiration  for  it  in  all  that  it  implies 
that  they  shall  grow  up  thorough-going  patriots,  who,  if  need 
be,  will  defend  it  with  their  lives.  Let  the  revival  of  interest 
in  the  flag  increase.  It  is  a  good  sign.  It  indicates  that  this 
age  of  great  material  prosperity  here  in  America  is  still  an  age 
when  the  virtue  of  patriotism  is  in  a  vigorous  condition. 

Anonvmots. 


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OUR  COUNTRY'S  FLAG. 

Our  country's  flag  revere, 
Ye  people  far  and  near, 

On  land  and  sea  ; 
Stars  that  shall  never  fade. 
With  glorious  stripes  array 'd. 
By  our  forefathers  made, 

For  all  our  free. 

Our  country's  fair  ensign. 
Thrice  noble  its  design. 

It's  triumphs  sing  ; 
Pride  of  our  native  land, 
Joy  of  a  mighty  band, 
Beneath  we  take  our  stand  — 

Our  tribute  bring. 

Preserv'd  in  peace  and  war, 
Throughout  our  land  afar. 

Our  starry  flag  ; 
By  comrades  borne  for  us, 
Thro'   wars  vic-to-ri-ous, 
To  us  made  glo-ri-ous, 

Our  country's  flag. 

Hail,  image  of  the  .skies. 
O'er  our  proud  land  to  rise. 

Resplendent,   fair  ; 
Renowned  in  his-to-ry, 
Of  brightest  des-ti-ny. 
Let  songs  of  fe-al-ty 

Swell  on  the  air. 


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God  bless  the  rank  and  file, 
With  His  benignant  smile, 

Pledged  to  the  flag  ; 
Long  may  our  baiuier  wave, 
O'er  land  our  fathers  gave, 
Let  all  unite  to  save 

Our  heritage. 

Rev.  a.  I).  Pkkkin,  M.  A. 


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Frorri  "The  Flag  of  the  United  States,"  by  Preble.] 

DANIEL  WEBSTER  ON  "OUR  FLAG." 

"  When  the  standard  of  the  Union  is  raised  and  waves 
over  my  head — the  standard  which  Washington  planted  on 
the  ramparts  of  the  Constitution  —  God  forbid  that  I  should 
inquire  whom  the  people  have  commissioned  to  unfurl  it  and 
bear  it  up!  I  only  ask  in  what  manner,  as  an  humble  individual, 
I  can  best  discharge  ni\-  dut>-  in  defending  it." 


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By  permission,  from  "Patriotic  RGai-ler."] 

OUR  NATIONAL  BANNER. 

O'er  the  high   and  o'er  the  lowly 
Floats  that  banner,   bright  and  holy, 

In  the  rays  of  freedom's  sun; 
In  the  nation'.s  heart  embedded. 
O'er  our  Union,   newly  wedded. 

One  in  all,   and  all  in  one. 

Let  that  banner  wave  forever. 
May  its  lustrous  stars  fade  never. 

Till  the  stars  shall  pale  on  high. 
While  there's  right  the  wrong  defeating, 
While  there's  hope  in  true  hearts  beating, 

Truth  and  freedom  shall  not  die. 

As  it  floated  long  before  us, 
Be  it  ever  floating  o'er  us. 

O'er  our  land  from  shore  to  shore. 
There  are  freemen  yet  to  wave  it, 
Millions  who  would  die  to  save  it. 

Wave  it,   save   it,   evermore. 

William  Dexter  Smith. 


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THE  NUMBER  AND  ORDER  OF  STARS  IN 
OUR  COUNTRY'S  FEAG. 

By    the    order    of    Secretary     Proctor,    the  union    of    the 

National    flag   in   use    in    the    Arm}'   and    Navy  consists,    after 

July  4tli,    1890,  of  forty-two  white  stars  in  six  rows  of  seven 
stars  each,  in  a  blue  field. 


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OUR  FLAG. 

The  patriot,  Wendover  of  old, 
Suggested  for  our  starry  fold  — 

The  standard  of  the  free  — 
Alternate  stripes  of  white  and  red 
In  a  blue  field,  like  that  o'er  head. 

To  float  o'er  land  and  sea. 

He  saw  the  .soft  stars  .shining  through 
The  radiant  realm  of  azure  hue  — 

A  hint  by  nature  given 
To  statesmen  true,   and  brave,  and  wise  — 
And  copied  from  the  glowing  skies 

The  flag  he  saw  in  heaven. 

Our  fathers  looked  to  heaven  on  high. 
And  transcribed  from  the  starlit  sky 

The  beautiful  design  ; 
The  blue,  sprinkled  with  points  of  light, 
To.  lead  us  in  the  path  aright. 

Where  lamps  immortal  shine. 

The  flag  that  waves  from  spire  and  mast, 
Though  baptized  in  the  battle  blast, 

May  fly  without  surcease, 
A  light  upon  the  land   and  sea, 
A  promise  and  a  prophecy 

Of  centuries  of  peace. 


Anonymous. 


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By  permission,  from  "  Excelsior  Reader."] 

FREEDOM'vS  FLAG. 

Our  flag  means,  then,  all  that  our  fathers  meant  in  the 
Revolutionary  war.  It  means  all  that  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence meant ;  it  means  all  that  the  Constitution  of  our 
people  —  organization  for  justice,  for  liberty,  and  for  happiness  — 
meant.  Our  flag  carries  American  ideas,  American  history, 
and  American  feelings.  Every  color  means  liberty  ;  every 
thread  means  liberty  ;  every  form  of  star  and  beam  or  stripe 
of  light  means  liberty  —  not  lawlessness,  not  license,  but  organ- 
ized constitutional  liberty.  Liberty  through  law,  and  laws 
for  liberty.  Accept  it,  then,  in  all  its  fullness  of  meaning. 
It  is  not  a  painted  rag.  It  is  a  whole  National  history.  It  is 
the  Constitution.  It  is  the  government.  It  is  the  free  people 
that  stand  on  the  government,  on  the  Constitution.  Forget 
not  what    it    means  ;  and  for  the  sake   of  its  ideas   be   true  to 

your  country' 's  flag. 

Henry  Ward  Beecher. 


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THE  AMICRICAN   FLAO. 

When   Frccdoni,    from   her  inouiilaiii   height, 
Unfurled  her  standard  to  the  air, 

vShe  tore  the  a/Aire  robe  of  night, 

And  set  the  stars  of  glory  there. 

She  mingled  with  its  gorgeous  dyes 

The  milky  baldric  of  the  skies, 

And  striped   its  pure,  celestial  white 

With  streakings  of  the  morning  light ; 

Then,   from  his  mansion  in  the  sun, 

She  called  her  eagle-bearer  down, 

And  gave  into  his  mighty  hand 

The  symbol  of  her  chosen  land. 

Majestic  monarch  of  the  clouds  ! 

Who  rear' St  aloft  thy  ^agle  form 
To  hear  the  tempest  trumpings  loud, 

And  see  the  lightning  lances  driven. 
When  strive  the  warriors  of  the  storm, 

And  rolls  the  thunder-drum  of  heaven  1 
Child  of  the  Sun,  to  thee  'tis  given 

To  guard  the  Ijanner  of  the  free  !^ 
To  hover  in  the  sulphur  smoke. 
To  ward  away  the  battle  stroke. 
And  bid  its  blendings  shine  afar, 
Like  rainbows  on  the  cloud  of  war, 

The  harbinger  of  victory. 

Flag  of  the  brave  !  thy  folds  shall  fly, 
The  sign  of  hope  and  triumph  high  ; 
When  speaks  the  signal  trumpet  tone. 
And  the  long  line  comes  gleaming  on. 
E're  yet   the  life-blood,  warm  and  wet. 


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Has  dimmed  the  glistening  baj'onet, 
Kach  soldier's  eye  shall  proudly  turn 
To  where  thy  sky-born  glories  burn  ; 
And,   as  his  springing  steps  advance, 
Catch  war  and  vengeance  from  the  glance  ; 
And  when  the  cannon-mouthings  loud 
Heave  in  wild  wreaths  the  battle-shroud, 
And  gory  sabres  rise  and  fall, 
Like  shoots  of  flame  on  midnight's  pall  — 

Then  shall  thy  meteor-glances  glow. 
And  cowering  foes  shall  shrink  beneath 

Each  gallant  arm  that  strikes  below 
That  lovel}'  messenger  of  death. 

Flag  of  the  seas  !  on  ocean's  wave 
Thy  stars  shall  glitter  o'er  the  brave  ; 
When  death,  careering  on  the  gale, 
Sweeps  darkl)'  round  the  bellied  sail, 
And  frighted  waves  rush  wildh-  back, 
Before  the  broadside's  reeling   track, 
Each  dying  wanderer  of  the  sea 
Shall  look  at  once  to  heaven  and  thee, 
And  smile  to  see  thy  splendors  fly 
In  triumph  o'er  his  closing  eye. 

Flag  of  the  free  heart's  hope  and  home  ! 

Bj'  angel  hands  to  valor  given  ; 
Thy  stars  have  lit  the  welkin  dome, 

And  all  thy  hues  were  born  in  heaven. 
Forever  float  that  standard  sheet ! 

Where  breathes  the  foe  but  falls  before  us. 
With  Freedom's  soil  beneath  our  feet, 

And  Freedom's  banner  streaming  o'er  us. 

Joseph  Rodman  Drake. 


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Fronri  "  Hildreth's  History  of  the  United  States."] 

OUR  COUNTRY'S  FLAG  — WHEN  ADOPTED 
BY  CONGRESS. 

The    United   States    Flag,    with  its   original    thirteen    stars 
and    stripes,    was    adopted    by    Congress  June    14th,    \~"- 


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Frorri    '  Jt\e  Klag  of  tlie  United  States,"  by  Preble.] 

FIFTEEN  STRIPES  AND  FIFTI':ivN  STARS. 

The  bill  to  change  the  United  States  flag  from  its  original 
design  of  thirteen  stripes  and  thirteen  stars  was  approved  by 
the  Congress  of  the  United  States  January  13th,  1794,  and 
reads  as  follows:  "Be  it  enacted,  etc..  That  from  and  after 
the  first  day  of  May,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
ninety-five,  the  flag  of  the  United  States  be  fifteen  stripes, 
alternate  red  and  white  ;  that  the  union  be  fifteen  stars  (white) 
in  a  blue  field." 

For  twenty-three  years  the  flag  of  the  United  States  carried 
fifteen  stripes  and  fifteen  stars.  But  Congress,  on  April  14th, 
1818,  passed  an  act   to  estal)lish   the  flag  of  the  United  States: 

"Section  i.  Be  it  enacted,  etc.,  That  from  and  after  the 
fourth  day  of  July  next  the  flag  of  the  United  States  be 
thirteen  horizontal  stripes,  alternate  red  and  white ;  that  the 
union  have  twenty  stars  (white)  in  a  blue  field. 

"Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  on  the  admis- 
sion of  every  new  State  into  the  Union  one  star  be  added  to 
the  union  of  the  flag  ;  and  that  such  addition  shall  take  effect 
on  the  fourth  day    of   July  next  succeeding  such  admission." 


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Copyrighted  by  tlie  S.  Brainard's  Sons  Co.,  nnd  used  by  pcrmis'Jon.) 

THI-:  vSULDIKR'S   PRIDIv 

All  hail  to  thee,   thou  grand  old  flag, 

Still  floating  o'er  the  free. 
Now  soiled  and  torn  b}'  ruthless  hands, 

Thou'rt  doubl}'  dear  to  me. 

When  in  my  boyhood's  early  years 

I  saw  thee  first   unfurled, 
I  deemed  thee  then  the  pride  of  earth. 

The  glory  of  the  world. 

And  when  in  later  years  I  stood 

In  busy  haunts  of  men. 
And  saw  thee  float  o'er  field  and  flood, 

Old  flag,    I   loved  thee  then  ! 

But  now,  when  in  thy  glorious  light 
No  slave  can  cringe  or  bow. 

My  father's  and  my  country's  flag, 
I  love  thee  better  now. 

I'll  bear  thee  up,  thou  dear  old  flag, 

Of  origin  divine. 
Until  upon  thy  azure  fold 

A  hundred  stars  shall  shine. 

Float  on,   old  flag,   until  thy  stripes 

Shall  all  the  nations  heal, 
iVnd  tyrants  over  all  the  earth 

Shall  thy  just  vengeance  feel. 

R.   Tom  1- KINS. 


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WHAT  THE  FLAG  MEANS  TO  COMRADEvS. 

Comrades,   this  flag  has    a    meaning    to    us    that    it    does 

not    have    to    others ;    to    them    it    is    only    an    ensign    of  their 

country  ;   to   us  it  means   all  that   is  precious  in   our  country's 

liberty  —  our  homes,   our  lives,  and   all   the  blessings   that  will 

occur  to  the  generations  to  come. 

John  F.  Chase. 


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vSWING  OUT  Tin-    I'LAC;  ! 

Swing  out  the  flag,  the  lirave  okl  flag, 

Our  grandest,  best,  and  dearest 
Symbol  of  light,   freedom,  and  right. 

Whose  stars  shine  out  the  clearest. 
Swing  out  tlie  flag,   our  brave  old  flag. 

The  flag  of  song  and  stor}-, 
Through  darkest  night  a  beacon  light. 

That  led  us  on  to  glory. 

Through  battle's  smoke  the  dawn  awoke, 

The  tyrant's  chain  was  l^roken, 
The  country  free,  and  liberty 

Rang  through  the  land  outspoken. 
The  world  amazed  upon  it.   gazed, 

When  on  the  breeze  it  floated, 
Unfurled  from  light  to  dawning  bright, 

By  freedom's  .sons  devoted. 

When  ruin  wrought  and  rebels  .sought 

To  blight  its  fame  and  story, 
And  quench  the  fires  of  patriot  sires, 

Of  freedom  and  of  glory  — 
Then  .swept  a  thrill  from  hill  to  hill 

Of  wrath  and  indignation. 
From  vale  to  crag,   to  save  the  flag 

From  shame  and   degradation. 


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Men  rushed  to  arms  from  town  and  farms, 

And  even  rebels  trembled, 
When  freedom's  hosts,   our  pride  and  boast, 

Beneath  its  stars  assembled. 
What  could  withstand  that  noble  band, 

As  brave  as  heaven  is  glorious, 
Baptized  in  blood,  they  stemmed  the  flood. 

And  bore  it  on  victorious. 

Then  cheer  the  flag,   the  dear  old  flag. 

With  fame  its  folds  are  laden, 
With  loud  hurrahs  and  wild  huzzahs, 

Each  youth  and  gentle  maiden  ! 
Yes,  cheer  the  flag,  our  dear  old  flag, 

That  flag  that  failed  us  never  ; 
From  sea  to  sea,   for  liberty, 

Ma}-  it  wave  on  forever  ! 

J.   W.    KiNVON. 


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From  "Excelsior  Reader,"  by  permission] 


HENRY  WARD  BICICCIIICR  OX  Till-: 
AMERICAN  FLAG. 

A  thouglitful  niiiul,  when  it  sees  a  nation's  (lag,  sees  not 
the  flag  only,  but  the  nation  itself;  and  whatever  may  be 
its  symbols  —  its  insignia  —  he  reads  chiefly  in  the  flag  the 
government,  the  principles,  the  truth,  the  history  which  belongs 
to  the  nation  that  sets  it  forth. 

When  the  French  tri-color  rolls  out  on  the  wind,  we  see 
France.  When  the  new-found  Italian  flag  is  unfurled,  we  see 
resurrected  Italy.  When  the  other  three-cornered  Hungarian 
flag  shall  be  lifted  to  the  wind,  we  shall  .see  in  it  the  long- 
buried  but  never  dead  principles  of  Hungarian  liberty.  When 
the  united  cros.ses  of  St.  Andrew  and  St.  George  on  a  fiery 
ground  set  forth  the  baiuier  of  Old  luigland,  we  see  not  the 
cloth  merely,  there  rises  up  before  the  mind  the  noble  aspect 
of  that  monarchy,  which,  more  than  any  other  on  the  globe, 
has  advanced  its  banner  for  liberty,  law,  and  national  pro.sperity. 

Our  nation  has  a  banner,  too  ;  and  wherever  it  streamed 
abroad  men  saw  day-break  bursting  on  their  eyes,  for  the 
American  flag  has  been  the  symbol  of  liberty,  and  men  rejoiced 
in  it.  Not  another  flag  on  the  globe  had  such  an  errand  or 
went  forth  upon  the  sea  carrying  everywhere,  the  world 
around,  such  hope  for  the  captive  and  such  glorious  tidings. 
The  stars  upon  it  were  to  the  pining  nations  like  the  morning 
stars  of  God,  and  the  stripes  upon  it  were  beams  of  morning 
light.  As  at  early  dawn  the  stars  stand  first,  and  then  it 
grows  light,  and  then,  as  the  sun  advances,  that  light  breaks 
into  banks  of  streaming  lines  of  color,  the  glowing  red  and 
intense  white  striving  together  and  ribbing  the  horizon  with 
bars  effulgent,   so,  on   the  American   flag,  stars   and    beams  of 


3^ 

many-colored  light  shine  out  together.  And  wherever  the 
flag  comes,  and  men  behold  it,  they  see  in  its  sacred  emblazonry 
no  rampant  lion  and  fierce  eagle,  but  only  light,  and  every 
fold  significant  of  liberty. 

The  history  of  this  banner  is  all  on  one  side.  Under  it 
r>)de  Washington  and  his  armies  ;  before  it  Burgoyne  laid  down 
his  arms.  It  waved  on  the  high  lands  at  West  Point ;  it  floated 
over  old  Fort  Montgomery.  When  Arnold  would  have  sur- 
rendered these  valuable  fortresses  and  precious  legacies  his 
night  was  turned  into  day,  and  his  treachery  was  drix-en  away 
by  the  beams  of  light  from  this  starry  banner. 

It  cheered  our  army  driven  from  New  York  in  their  solitary- 
pilgrimage  through  New  Jersey.  It  streamed  in  light  over 
Valley  Forge  and  Morristown.  It  cros.sed  the  waters  rolling 
with  ice  at  Trenton  ;  and  when  its  stars  gleamed  in  the  cold 
morning  with  victory,  a  new  day  of  hope  dawned  on  the 
despondency  of  the  nation.  And  when  at  length  the  long  years 
of  war  were  drawing  to  a  close,  underneath  the  folds  of  this 
immortal  banner  sat  Washington  while  Yorktown  surrendered 
its  hosts,   and  our  revolutionary  struggles  ended  with  victory. 

Let  us,  then,  twine  each  thread  of  the  glorious  tissue  of 
our  country's  flag  about  our  heart-strings  ;  and  looking  upon 
our  homes,  and  catching  the  spirit  that  breathes  upon  us 
from  the  battle-field  of  our  fathers,  let  us  resolve,  come  weal 
or  jwoe,  we  will,  in  life  and  in  death,  now  and  forever,  stand 
by   the  Stars  and   Stripes. 

They  have  been  unfurled  from  the  snows  of  Canada  to  the 
plains  of  New  Orleans  ;  in  the  halls  of  the  Montezumas  and 
amid  the  solitude  of  every  sea  ;  and  everywhere,  as  the  luminous 
symbol  of  restless  and  beneficent  power,  they  have  lead  the 
brave  to  victory  and  to  glory.  They  have  floated  over  our 
cradles  ;  let  it  be  f)ur  prayer  and  our  struggle  that  they  shall 
float  over  our  jjraves. 


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By  pernr\issiori,  from  "  Acme  Haversack."] 

GOD  BLESS  OUR  FLAG. 

God  bless  our  glorious  flag  ! 
From  vale  to  mouutaiu  crag 
It  floats  in  peace. 
Proud  banner  of  the  free, 
Ever  triumphantly. 
May  earth  expectant  see 
Thy  power  increase. 

J.  C.  O.  Redington. 


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CoDuiicihted  bu  S.   Brainard's  Soqs  Co.,   and  used  bu  permission.] 

vSTAND  UP  FOR  THE  FLAG. 

Stand  up  for  the  flag  of  your  country, 

Our  banner  in  peace  and  in  war, 
Determined,  tlio'  rebels  assail   it, 

To  cherish  each  stripe  and  each  star  ; 
As  proudl}-  to-day  in  its  beauty 

It  gives  its  bright  folds  to  the  sun 
As  when  our  forefathers  baptized  it. 

An  emblem  of  victory  won. 

Stand  up  for  the  flag,  let  it  never 

Be  said  of  the  brave  and  the  free. 
That  riches  and  station  and  favor 

Its  paltry  usurper  could  be. 
The  red,  white,  and  blue,   how  we  love  it, 

And  guard  it  we  will  to  the  last  — 
Tho'   rebels  may  stain  and  deface  it, 

'Tis  ours,   for  'tis  nailed  to  the  mast. 

Stand  up  for  the  flag  of  our  country. 

Let  liberty  still  be  your  cry. 
Resolve  in  the  strength  of  your  fathers 

To  place  that  banner  on  high  ; 
The  nations  to  come  will  behold  it, 

Still  floating  o'er  land  and  o'er  .sea. 
This  ])ledge  of  a  people  united. 

The  beautiful  flag  of  the  free. 

Mrs.  M.  S.  Kiddkk. 


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FroiTi  the  "  Eriucatiorial  and  Epworth  League  Record."] 

THK  FI.AG  OF  THE  UNITKD  STATICS. 

The  American  flag  .seem.s  to  hold  a])ove  tlie  nations  the 
imperial  aegis  of  a  people's  power.  Tlie  flag  is  one  of  the 
forms  of  insignia  by  which  onr  countrj-  sliows  forth  and  main- 
tains its  individuality  ;  and  its  predominating  u.se  should  and 
will  powerfully  appeal  to  the  ])atriotism  of  all  those  who  see 
in  it  the  symbol,  not  only  of  their  country's  power,  but  its 
claims  upon  themselves.  This  influence  reached  its  acme  in 
the  late  war,  when,  like  a  rainbow  in  the  cloud  of  battle,  that 
flag,  with  its  sign  of  hope  and  triumph,  cheered  the  warriors 
amid  the  storm  of  leaden  rain,  and  inspired  them  to  the  achieve- 
ment of  most  brilliant  victories.  To  defend  that  flag  was  to 
them  something  more  than  a  duty  ;  it  was  a  joy,  a  coveted 
privilege  akin  to  that  which  nerves  the  arm  and  directs  the 
blow  in  defen.se  of  wife  or  child.  Wherever  that  insignia  floats, 
on  the  sea  or  on  the  land,  it  is  to  them  the  very  Shekinah 
of  their  political  love  and  faith.  Among  those  who  lived  in 
the  stirring  times  of  the  civil  war  the  reading  of  Sheridan's 
ride  excites  the  highest  enthusiasm,  and  the  singing  of  the 
Star-Spangled  Banner  always  arouses  the  purest  patriotism. 
But  now  another  generation  has  come  on  the  stage.  They 
can  have  no  conception  of  what  the  flag  has  been  to  their 
parents  ;  by  them  it  is  most  often  seen  in  processions  of  political 
parties,  whose  orators  denounce  their  brothers  as  traitors.  Upon 
the  children  of  to-day  must  rest  the  burdens  of  to-morrow,  and 
it  is  the  duty  of  the  people  to  insist  that  the  full  significance 
of  the  flag  shall  be  familiar  to  them.  Then,  with  the  flag 
as  an  incentive,  let  the  rising  generation  be  fired  with  a  zealous 


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love  for  the  land  of  their  birth.  The  setting  forth  of  this 
principle  has  been  sadl}'  neglected ;  but  there  is  a  remedy, 
and  that  remedy-  is  to  be  found  in  the  schools  of  America. 
The  ability  to  correct  and  eradicate  this  growing  evil  rests 
with  the  teachers  ;  to  them  is  given  an  opportunity  to  apply 
this  remedy.  To-day  we  see  our  beautiful  emblem  placed 
in  many  of  the  schools  and  colleges  of  our  land.  If  instructors 
do  their  duty  there  is  no  reason  why  we  should  not  have  in 
the  rising  generation  an  embodiment  of  the  highest  type  of 
patriotism. 

Is  it  not  necessary,  also,  that  the  people  in  general  show 
more  interest  and  solicitude  in  this  matter  ?  Place  the  flag 
in  the  churches  of  our  country,  for  is  not  the  love  of  country 
next  to  that  of  God?  There,  in  association  with  the  church, 
let  it  remain  constantly  before  the  eye  ;  then  our  voters  will 
be  influenced,  through  the  preaching  of  the  truth  in  connec- 
tion with  this  symbol  of  purity  and  valor,  to  see  in  a  truer 
and  more  reverential  light  the  vastness  of  the  responsibility 
devolving  upon  them  in  their  duty  to  the  government.  When 
casting  their  votes  the  apparition  of  the  church  and  flag 
will  appear,  and  they  will  say:  "I  am  an  American,  and 
to  be  true  I  must  take  my  stand  for  the  glory  of  God,  the 
protection  of  home,  and  the  highest  good  of  my  native  land." 

The  manner  of  celebrating  our  holidays  must  also  be 
brought  back  to  the  original  idea,  from  which  it  has  so 
degenerated. 

Then,  with  the  flag  waving  high  over  all,  let  the  people 

feel   that  this  great  country   is  their  country  ;    that  they  have 

a    personal    proprietorship    in    the    lustre    of    her    history,    the 

honor  of  her   name,    the    inviolability  of  her   constitution    and 

laws,    and   the   magnitude  and   beneficence   of  her  civil,    social, 

and   religious   institutions. 

LizziK  T.  Gassett. 


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Frorn   "  Our-  Youtli.") 

THE   FLAG'vS    lilRTHDAY. 

The  sails  were  out  thai  inoniing-,   for  Iiulepeiidence  Day, 
The  air  was  mad  with  music,  and  every  mast-head  gay 
With  straining  flags  and  pennants  that  fluttered  to  be  free, 
And  cast  a  bright   reflection  upon  the  sunny  sea. 

Up  spoke  the  lad   beside  me,   with  brave,   brown  eyes  aflame  : 
"  O,   mother!  can  you  tell  me  the  gallant  hero's  name 
Who  flung  the  starry  banner   from  ship  or  fortress  wall 
Full  in  the  face  of  tyrants,   the  very  first  of  all?" 

My  bo3%  do  you  remember  how  many  a  chnidless  night 
You've  watched  the  vaulted  heaven  flash,  star  by  star,  a-light; 
The  Pole-star's  steady  beacon,  the  Pleiad's  mild  accord. 
Or  fierce  Orion  gleaming  with  firey  belt  and  sword  ? 

So  the  old  patriot  fathers  up  to  the  same  far  skies 
Raised   in   the  sleepless  midnight  their  weary,   anxious  eyes  — 
Fain  with  the  God  of  nations  in  silent  prayer  to  speak, 
Who  fights  with  proud  oppressors  the  battles  of  the  weak. 

And  when  in  grave  assemblage,  beneath  that  storied  tower 
Whose  throbbing  bell  had  sounded  the  nation's  natal  hour. 
The  careworn  Congress  gathered,  in  faith  that  reached  sublime. 
To  hear  the  march  of  freedom  adown  the  field  of  time. 

"Choose  we,"   they  said,  "a  standard,   that,   till  the  sun  grow 

pale. 
And  summer  time,   and  winter,   and  seed,   and  harvest  fail. 
Still  in  the  hands  of  freemen  a  sacred  trust  shall  be 
To  lead  our  country's  armies  to  death  or  victory  !" 


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Red,   for  the  price  of  freedom,   l)led  from  the  patriot's  heart. 
White,  for  his  soul  and  honor,  which  life  nor  death  could  part; 
Across  the  virgin  liainier  the  thirteen  stripes  they  drew, 
And  left  above,   unsullied,   a  field  of  heavenly  blue. 

"Now,  as  the  stars  above  us  together  show   His  praise, 
Who  set  them  in  their  courses  and  marked  their  trackless  waj^s, 
Let  thus  upon  our  banner  our  states  united  shine. 
And  a  new  constellation  proclaim  the  hand  divine!" 

This  said  they  in  the  council  —  these  men  of  faith  and  deed  — 
And  bade  the  scribe  record  it,  that  friend  and  foe  might  read  ; 
The  waiting  west  wind  answered,  and  waves  that  beat  in  tune. 
In  seventeen  seventy-seven,   in  the  pleasant  month  of  June. 

Spoke  Paul  Jones,   of  the   "Ranger" — a  gallant  captain  he  — 
"To-day,   my  valiant  comrades,   our  good  bark  puts  to  sea. 
This  be  her  boast  forever,  while  keel  shall  cut  the  wave. 
That  first  she  wore  these  colors  —  the  flag-ship  of  the  brave  !  " 

He  sailed  adown  the  harbor,  while  from  his  mast-head  flew 
The  Stars  and  Stripes  untarnished  —  the  red,  and  white,  and  blue! 
"  God  smite  him,"  cried  the  captain,  "with  all  the  blasts  that 

blow. 
Who  dares  to  strike  that  banner  in  face  of  any  foe!" 

On  o'er  the  broad  Atlantic  he  caught   the  trade-wind  fair. 
And  braved  the  angry  Lion  within  his  island  lair  ; 
Up  the  blue  Firth  of  Sol  way,  on  the  bright  river  Dee, 
Lord  Selkirk's  proud  retainers  before  him  bent  the  knee. 

High   soared   the  flag  as  backward   he   turned   his   prow  again 
To  meet  the  host  of  Britain  upon  the  open  main  — 
Where  'mid  the  roar  of  battle,  the  billows'   foam  and  surge, 
Went  down  before  that  banner  the  standard  of  St.   George  ! 


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lyOud  rang  the  shouts  of  welcome   the  peojjle  raised   thai   day 
They  saw  the  gallant  cruiser  come  beating  up  the  hay  ; 
Her  conquering  colors   tattered   and    rent    by   shot   and   gale  — 
Sign  of  a  slorni-tossed   Union   whose  cause  should   yel    prevail  I 

The  fathers  of  the  nation  slee])  in  llieir  lionored  graves  ; 
The  "  Ranger's  "'  dauntless  captain  no  more  may  sail  the  waves  ; 
Yet  o'er  a  land  of  freemen,   unvexed  by  foreign  foe, 
Still   floats  the  flag  they  lifted  a  hundred  years  ago  ! 

O,   Thou,  whose  hand  almight)'  throughout  the  ages  holds 
The  destiny  of  nations,   guard  Thou  its  sacred  folds  ! 
No  traitor  hand  dissever  the  white  and  crimson  bars  ! 
No  shadow  of  dishonor  cloud  o'er  the  silver  stars  ! 

The  hands  that  l)ear  that  standard  may  never  bribe  allure  ! 
The   lips   that  swear   it   fealty  with  Thine  own  truth  be  pure  ! 
So  shall  it  wave,   the  symbol  of  love  that  knows  not  race, 
But  in  each  human  brother  discerns  the  Father's  face  ! 

Mary  A.  P.  vStansburv. 


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CROWN-PRINCE   OF   GERMANY   AND   THE 
UNITED   STATES    FLAG. 

At  the  Ijeginning  of  the  Franco- Prussian  War  the  Crown- 
Prince  of  Germany  passed  through  Hamburg,  on  his  way  to 
the  field.  A  young  American  girl,  stopping  with  her  parents 
at  one  of  the  hotels,  hung  a  large  American  flag  from  the 
balcony,  and,  as  the  Prince  passed  by,  waved  her  handkerchief. 
The  Prince  looked  up,  bowed,  and  ordered  each  regiment,  as 
it  pas.sed  by,   to  salute  the  Stars  and  vStripes. 


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I    LOVK    TIIKI-:.    DKAR    IJAXNICR. 

Oh,  banner  of  glory  !  Oh,  banner  of  light ! 
My  soul  is  enraptured  at  the  beautiful  sight ; 
Thou  art  waving  on  high,   the  emblem  of  the  free, 
I  love  thee,   dear  banner,   thou  art  waving  for  me. 

I  saw  thee,   thou  beauty,   'mid  the  battle's   thick  smoke, 
Thou  didst  inspire  us  when  the  nation  awoke  ; 
When  the  guns  of  rebellion  sounded  loud  o'er  the  land. 
Thy  colors,   they  lead  us,  and  nerved  every  man. 

The  foes  of  our  nation  sought  thy  glory  to  mar. 
By  dividing  the  union  of  the  stripes  and  the  stars  ; 
But  our  gallant  defenders   triumphantly  saved 
The  flag  of  our  Union,   the  pride  of  the  brave. 

And  now  that  the  strife  of  battle  has  ceased. 
We  hail  thee,   and  bless  thee,   thou  banner  of  peace  ; 
Thou   shalt  wave  in  thy  splendor  from  steeple  and  dome. 
The  harbinger  of  peace,   proclaiming  Our  Nation  is  One  ! 

Rky.   Ghorgk  W.   GiK. 


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FLAG   OF   THF:   NOBLE. 

Flag  of  the  noble,   free,  and  brav^e, 

With  joy  we  see  it  streaming  there  ; 
No  other  flag  deserves  to  wave 

So  high  in  fields  of  light  and  air. 
It's  sanctified  by  sacrifice, 

With  pride  its  glowing  folds  we  see  ; 
The  prayers  of  millions  daily  ri.se, 

Forever  float  triumphantly  ! 

WiLLi.vM  Freeman. 


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Frorn   "Hansel's  Musk,   K-ii.u-r  M...   2,"  hy  pern  i  | 

THE   BKAUTIFITT.   FLA(;    oi-'   THI-    I-RI-IC. 

Flag  of  my  country,   tlic  flag  of  tlie  free, 
Beautiful  streamer,  now  dearer  to  me  ; 
Peerless  and  stainless,   triumphantly  wave 
Over  a  nation  that  knows  not  a  slave. 

Boast  of  the  sires  who  bequeathed   us  a  life, 
Boast  of  the  sons  on  the  red  field  of  strife  ; 
Boast  of  the  serf  as  he  toils  o'er  the  sea, 
Hope  of  the  world  is  the  flag  of  the  free. 

Fled  are  the  foes  who  thy  beauty  would  mar. 
Gone  not  one  stripe,   and  effaced  not  one  star  ; 
Broken  and  humbled  they  turn  unto  thee. 
Sighing  for  rest  'neath  the  flag  of  the  free. 

Victors  and  vanquished  are  one  as  of  yore. 
War's  gory  hand  shall  divide  them  no  more  ; 
Once  they  were  brothers,   and  brothers  they'll  be. 
Happy  again   'neath   the  flag  of  the  free. 

Buried  the  past,   they  will  toil  to  adorn 
Freedom's  domain  for  a  nation   unborn  ; 
And  when  the}'  fall,    this  their  solace  shall   be. 
Over  them  floats  the  dear  flag  of  the  free. 

AxoNV.Mors. 


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OUR   FLAG   ON   THE   ANDEvS    MOUNTAINS. 

On  the  Fourth  of  July,  1873,  a  party  of  American  engineers, 
in  pioneering  the  Oroya  railroad  from  Lima  across  the  Andes, 
raised  "  our  flag  "  on  a  summit  of  the  Andes  seventeen  thou- 
sand five  hundred  and  seventy-four  feet  above  the  sea  level, 
in   snow  knee-deep. 


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By  permission,  (rom  "  Acme  HnvGi-jrirl^,"] 

TIIlv    OIJ)    I' LAG. 

Toucli  lightly  the  tatters  of  red,   white,   and  blue. 

All  tiine-stained  and  soiled  with  the  blood  of  the  true  : 

And  the  flag-staff  as  old  as  the  colors  are  worn, 

With  the  marks  of  the  fingers  in  which  it  was  borne  ! 

Toucli  lightly  the  tatters,   their  splendor  is  bare, 

All  sun-steeped  and  faded  their  coloring  rare  ; 

But  tlio'   torn  into  ribbons,   and  gone  every  hue, 

Our  hearts  will  supply   them,    the  red,   white,   and   blue. 

Touch  lightly  the  tatters,   for  freedom  bends  o'er, 

And  she  touches  each  hue  into  glory  once  more  ; 

And  she  gathers  the  shreds,  and  she  waves  them  with   might, 

For  union  and  valor,   for  God  and  the  right  ! 

Touch  lightly  the  tatters  !   she  loves  every  shred. 

And  she  holds  them  aloft  over  tyranny's  head. 

Where  all  brave  with  her  smiling,   wet  with  her  tears. 

They  shall  flutter  in   triumph  undinnned  thro'    the  years. 

Touch  lightly  the  tatters,   they  floated  that  day 
Each  blue-coated  soldier  went  marching  away  ; 
And  in  the  gray  dawn  of  the  faint  morning  glow. 
Pale  Liberty's  sentinels  marched  to  and   fro. 
Oh  proudly  they  floated,   each  sun-faded  rag. 
And  brave  was  the  soldier  who  stood  by  the  flag  : 
And  dear  were  the  eyes  that  grew  dim  as  they  gazed. 
Where  the  emblem  of  loyalty  proudly  was  raised. 


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Touch   lightly   the   tatters,    tliu'    listless   they   lie. 
There  once  was  a  time  when  the  stripes  floated  high; 
When  the  noise  of  the  battle  fell  .thick  on  the  ear, 
And  Freedom  crouched  lower,  and  trembled  to  hear  — 
When  the  boom   of  the  cannon   was  sullen  and  long. 
And  the  harsh  voice  of  war  fell  discordant  and  strong, 
And  the  bullet  hissed  home  to  the  heart  of  the  true. 
And  the  soldier  was  dead  —  for  the  red,   white,   and  blue  I 

Touch  lightly  the  tatters,   the  sound  of  the  drums, 

As  we  look  at  their  raggedness,   fitfully   come  ; 

And  the  marching  of  footsteps  away   to  the  death. 

And  the  flashing  of  swords,   and  the  sharply   drawn   breath. 

And  after  the  valorous  battle  was  done, 

The  death-tired  faces  upturned  to  the  sun  ; 

And  we  love  every  tatter,   each  wind-whistled  rag, 

For  the  sake  of  the  comrades  who  died  for  the  flag  ! 

Touch  lightly  the  tatters,   the  soldier  boy  lay- 
All  faint  on  the  battle-field,   long  miles  away  ; 
Unkissed  by  the  lips  that  his  dear  name  were  crying  ; 
Unknown  to  the  love  that  would  soften   the  dying  ; 
And  the  death  angel  stalking  so  near  to  the  place, 
Came  nearer,   and  bent  o'er  his  strife-tired  face. 
Till  he  fell  fast   'mid   the  strife,    till   they   found   him, 
And  laid  him  to  rest  with   the  flag  wrapped  around  him. 

Touch  lightly   the  tatters,   they   never  will    fade  I 

Too  dear  was  the  price  for  their  loveliness  paid  ; 

Too  many  the  tears  that   lay  thick  where  the}'  lie, 

Too  many  the  faces  upturned  to  the  sky. 

And  as  long  as  there's  loyaltj-  under  the  sun, 

The  flags  will  wave  on  for  the  deeds  that  were  done  ; 

The  pride  of  our  nation,   forever  it  stands, 

For  Freedom  will   hold   it  in  both  willing  hands. 

Miss  Mixxik  G.  McArthur. 


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HOW  TO   CONSTRUCT   OIR    I-LAO. 

The  United  Stales  flag  has  thirteen  stripes  ar.d  one  star  for 
every  State  in  the  Union.  Kach  stripe  should  be  half  as 
many  inches  wide  as  the  flag  is  feet  long.  The  union  (or  field) 
should  be  one-third  the  length  of  the  flag  and  covering  seven 
stripes   in  width. 


r.'^^^,       '^     ;>,;U^; 


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'  /2^ 


-V 


The  Stars  and  Stripes  of  Old. 


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Copyrighted  by  S.   Bcninai-d's  Sons  Co.,  aqd  iisnn  i,y  rjermi'/.ion,.) 

THE  vSTARS   AND  STRTPTvS  OF  OIJ). 

We  are  a  l)and  of  freemen,   who  love  our  native  land, 
To  save  it  from  rebellion  we  come  with  heart  and  hand  ; 
We  left  our  homes  behind  us,  when   Sumpter's  tale  was  told. 
To  rally  round  our  banner,   the  stars  and  stripes  of  old. 

The  rebel  hosts  may  gather,   with  savage  fur\-  fight. 
But  they  can  never  conquer  our  strength  as  in  our  right 
We  follow  on  triumpliant  where,   on  the  breeze  unn^lk-d. 
Waves  high   our  glorious  bainier,   the  stars  and  stripes  of  old. 

They  mocked   our   peaceful   labor,   they  scorn   our  patient   toil. 
But  on  their  vain  pretensions  the  blow  shall  soon  recoil. 
The  men  they  have  derided  shall  o'er  their  homes  unfold 
The  banner  they  have  scouted,  the  stars  and  stripes  of  old. 

Our  fathers  fought  for  freedom,   we  will  preserve  their  land, 
Unbroken,   undivided,   it  shall  ever  stand. 
Until  'tis  reunited  we  never  again  will  fold, 
The  banner  floating  o'er  us,   the  stars  and  stripes  of  old. 

C.  J.w. 


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By  perrqission,  from  "  AcrT\e  Haversack.") 

RAISE  THE   STAR-GEMMED   BANNER. 

As  we    raise  our  country's  banner,   in   the    strength    of  youth 

are  we 
Bound  to  cherish  what  our  fathers  left  us  for  our  legac}'. 
Oh  !    raise   the   star-genimed    banner,   'tis    the    flag  that    makes 

us  free. 
The  flag  our  patriot  fathers,   dying,   gave  to  liberty. 

Raise,  oh  !  raise  the  flag  ! 
The  flag  our  patriot  fathers,   dying,   gave  to  liberty. 

Stars    and    Stripes  !    ever  proudly  float,  that   millions  yet  to  be 
May  arise  to  pay  you  homage,   on  the  land  and  on  the  .sea. 
Prosperity  and  happy  peace  are  blessing  our  dear  land, 
A  beacon  for  oppressed  of  earth  will  fair  Columbia  stand. 

Raise,  oh  !  raise  the  flag  ! 
The  flag  our  patriot  fathers,   dying,   gave  to  liberty. 

We  now  pledge  our  vows  of  fealt}',   to  ever  faithfully 
Guard  the  precious  birthright  given  in  this  land  of  lil)erty. 
We'll  hand  it  down  unsullied  in  its  fame  from  sire  to  son, 
And  sleep  beneath  its  shadow  when  the  goal  of  life  is  won. 

Raise,  oh  !  raise  the  flag  ! 
The  flag  our  patriot  fathers,   dying,   gave  to  libert}-. 

Adi;laidk  George  Bennett. 


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THE  FORT  McHENRY  FLAG    EXHIBITED  IX   1876. 

The  centennial  anniversarj'  of  the  adoption  of  the  star- 
spangled  l)anner,  Jnne  14th,  1S77,  was  appropriately  remem- 
bered in  various  parts  of  the  United  States.  In  Boston  a 
patriotic  demonstration  was  held  in  the  Old  South  Meeting- 
house. The  veritable  flag  of  Fort  McHenry.  the  original  of 
Francis  Scott  Key's  "Star-Spangled  Banner,"  was  displayed, 
and  the  song  was  sung  by  Mrs.  Julia  Houston  West,  the 
audience  joining  in  the  chorus. 


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Bu'perrriissiori,  frorn  "Acme  Haversack."] 

HAIL  OUR   FLAG  ! 

Now    thy    beauteous    stripes    are    blazing,    and    thy    stars    with 

lustre  glow, 
And  our  hearts  are  filled  with  rapture  none  but  freemen  ever 

know. 
How  this  crown   of    freedom's    triumphs   flings  its   radiance  to 

the    breeze, 
'Mid  the  loud  huzzas  of  millions  from  the  oceans  to  the  seas. 

Hail  our  flag  !  glorious  flag  !  red,   white,   and  blue  ! 
Noble  souls  have  saved  thee,   bravest  men  and  true  ; 
Who  the  grandest  victories  on  earth  have  won, 
When    they    fought    in    freedom's    dauntless    ranks,    from 
Grant  to  Washington. 

How  th}^  glorious  folds  have   floated  through   fierce  storms  of 

shot   and   shell. 
Till  all  torn   in  shreds  and  tatters  o'er  the  spot  where  heroes 

fell  ! 
Thou    hast   marched  to   mighty    triumph    with    the    bravest   of 

the   brave, 
Who  have  nailed  aloft  thy  freedom-stars  forever  more  to  wave. 

Harry  C.  Burns. 


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By  perrriission,  from  "Acme  Haversack."] 

FLAG  OF  OUR  UNION  FORI-:VKR. 

A  song  for   "Our  Banner,"   tlic  watchword   recall, 

Which  gave   the  republic  her  station  — 
"  United  we  stand,   divided  we  fall!" — 

It  made  and  preserves  us  a  nation. 
The   union   of  lakes,   the  union  of  hands, 

The  Union  of  States  none  can  sever  ! 
The  union  of  hearts,   the  union  of  hands, 

And  the  flag  of  our  ITnion  forever  and  ever. 

The   flag  of  our  Ijnion   forever  ! 

What  God   in   His   iufniile  wisdom  designed. 

And   armed  watli   national   thunder, 
Not  all  the  earth's  despots  and   factions  combined 

Have  the  power  to  conquer  or  sunder. 
The  union  of  lakes,   the  union  of  hands, 

The  Union  of  States  none  can  sever  ! 
The  union  of  hearts,   the  union  of  hands, 

And  the  flag  of  our  Union  forever  and  ever, 

The  flag  of  our  Union  forever  ! 

Oh,  keep  that  flag  flying  !  the  pride  of  the  van  ! 

To  all  other  nations  display  it  I 
The  ladies  for  union  are  all  to  a  —  man  ! 

And  not  to  the  man  who'd  betray  it. 
Then  the  union  of  lakes,   the  union  of  hands, 

The  Union  of  States  none  can  sever  ! 
The  union  of  hearts,   the  union  of  hands. 

And   the   flag  of  the  Union   forever  ! 

Gkokc.K    p.    MoKKlS. 


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"There  are    two  things   holy  —  the  flag  which  represents 

military    honor,    and    the    law    which    represents    the    national 

right. " ' 

Victor  Hlgo. 


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Bii  permission,   Iroin  "Acme  H  ' 

COMTMHIA'S    FLA(;. 

Of  all  the  flags  that  proudly   float 

O'er  Neptune's  gallant  tars, 
Or  wave  on  high  in   victory 

Above  the  sons  of  Mars, 
Give  us  that  flag,   Columbia's  flag. 

Pure  emblem  of  the  free, 
Whose  brilliant  stars  flashed  through  our  wars, 

For  truth  and   liberty. 

Then  dip  it,   lads,   in  ocean's  brine. 
Greet  it  with  three-times-three  ! 

Columbia's  flag  shall  henceforth  shine, 
The  banner  of  the  sea. 

Beneath   its  folds  we  fear  no   foes, 

Our  hearts  shall  never  quail, 
With  l)Osoms  bare  the  storm  we  dare, 

And  brave  the  battle's  hail. 
E'en  when  our  decks  with  shot  were  ploughed, 

Their  planks  with  gore  dyed  red. 
Our  gallant  tars,    firm   at  their  posts, 

Ne'er  paused  to  count  their  dead. 

Then  dip  it,  lads,  in  ocean's  brine. 
Greet  it  with   three-times-three  ! 

The  flag  that  was  at  Mobile  made 
The  banner  of  the  sea. 


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Ivir  o'er  the  sea  to  every  clime 

Tliis  honored  flag  shall  go, 
Ami   through   all   time  its  fame  sublime 

With   brighter  hues  shall  glow. 
For  Freedom's  own   that  flag  is  now, 

Its  guardians  freedom's  sons, 
And  woe  betide  the  insolent 

On  whom  they  train  their  guns. 

Then  dip  it,   lads,    in  ocean's  brine, 

Greet  it  with  three-times-three  ! 
The  flag  for  which  our  tars  have  won 

Dominion  on  the  sea. 

Its  enemies  dispersed  shall  be 

Upon   the  land  and  main. 
Its  stars  so  bright  mid  storm  and  fight 

Will  never  shine  in  vain. 
No  foreign   power  nor  treason  rife 

Shall  shake  our  courage  keen, 
We'll  give  our  lives  in  deadly  strife 

To  hold   that  flag  supreme. 

Then  dip  it,   lads,   in  ocean's  brine. 
Greet   it  with   three-times-three  ! 
At  last,    thank   God  I   our  navy  flies 
The  banner  of  the  .sea. 
[Written  while  in  Mobile  Bay  by  William   Dinsmore,  boats- 
wain's mate  on  the  "New  Ironsides."] 


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Krom  "  The  Flag  of  thje  United  States,"  by  Preble.] 

UNFURL  THE  GLORIOUS  BANNER. 

Unfurl   the  glorious  banner, 

Which  at  Eutaw  shone  so  bright, 
And  like  a  dazzling  meteor  swept 

Through   the   Cowpens  deadly   fight. 
St)und,   sound  your  lively  bugles, 

Let  them  pour  their  loudest  blast, 
While  we  pledge  both  life  and  honor 

To  stand  by  it  to  the  last. 

Anonymoi'S. 


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From  "The  Flag  of  t\\e  United   States,"  by  Preble.) 

THE  NATIONAL  ENSIGN. 

The  national  ensign,  pure  and  simple,  dearer  to  all  our 
hearts  at  this  moment,  as  we  lift  it  to  the  gale  and  see  no 
other  sign  of  hope  upon  the  storm-cloud  which  rolls  and 
settles  above  it  save  that  which  is  reflected  from  its  own 
radiant  hues  —  dearer,  a  thousand-fold  dearer,  to  us  all  than 
ever  it  was  before  while  gilded  by  the  sunshine  of  pros- 
perity and  plaj'ing  with  the  zephyrs  of  peace.  It  speaks  for 
itself  far  more  eloquent  than  I  can  speak  for  it.  Behold  it  ! 
Listen  to  it !  Every  star  has  a  tongue.  Ever3'  stripe  is  articu- 
late. There  is  no  language  or  speech  where  their  voices  are 
not  heard.  There's  magic  in  the  web  of  it.  It  has  an  answer 
for  ever)'  question.  It  has  a  solution  for  every  doubt  and  eveiy 
perplexity.  It  has  a  word  of  good  cheer  for  every  hour  of 
gloom  or  despondency.  Behold  it  !  Listen  to  it  !  It  speaks 
of  earlier  and  later  struggles.  It  speaks  of  heroes  and  patriots 
among  the  living  and  among  the  dead. 

But  before  all,  and  above  all  other  associates  and  memories, 

whether  of  glorious  men,  or  glorious  deeds,  or  glorious  places, 

its  voice  is  ever  of  union   and  liberty,   of  the  constitution  and 

the  laws.     Behold   it !     Listen   to  it  !     Let  it   tell   the  story   of 

its  birth  to  these  gallant  volunteers  as  they  march  beneath  its 

folds  by  day  or  repose  beneath  its  sentinal  stars  by  night.      Let 

it  recall   to  them  the  .strange,   eventful   history  of  its  rise  and 

progress.      Let    it    rehearse   to    them    the    wondrous    tale    of  its 

trials  and  its  triumphs  in  peace  and  war. 

Robert  C.  Winthkop. 
October  3d,  1861. 


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'  •'  H F-  Iv,"   I, II   p,.;r,r,iv.ir>n,l 

TIIIC   STRirivS    AND   'VWi:   STARS. 

(),   vStar-vSpangled   lianiier  !  the  flag  of  our  i)ti(k-, 
Though  trampled  by  traitors  aud  basely  defied, 
Fling  out  to  the  glad  winds  your  red,   white,   and  blue, 
l*\)r  the  heart  of  the  North   land  is  beating  for  you  ; 
And  her  strong  arm  is  nerving  to  strike  with  a  will 
Till  the  foe  and  his  boastings  are  humbled  and  still. 
Here's  welcome  to  wounding,  and  combat,  and  scars, 
And  the  glory  of  death  for  the  stripes  and  the  stars. 

From  prairie,  O,  ploughman  !  speed  boldly  away. 
There's  seed  to  be  .sown  in  God's  furrow  to-day  ! 
Row  landward,   lone  fisher,  stout  woodman,  come  home. 
Let  smith  leave  his  anvil,   and  weaver  his  loom. 
And  hamlet  and  city  ring  loud  with  the  cry, 
"For  God  and  our  country  we'll  fight  'till  we  die!" 
Here's  welcome  to  wounding  and  combat  and  .scars, 
And  the  glory  of  death   for  the  stripes  and  the  stars. 

Invincible  banner  !  the  flag  of  the  free, 
Oh,  where  treads  the  foot  that  would  falter  for  thee  ? 
Or  the  hands  to  be  folded,   till  triumph  is  won. 
And  the  eagle  looks  proud,   as  of  old.   to  the  sun  I 
Give  tears  for  the  parting  —  a  murmur  of  prayer  — 
Then  forward  !  the  fame  of  our  standard  to  share  I 
With   welcome  to  wounding,   and  condiat.   and  .scars. 
And  the  glory  of  death  for  the  stripes  and  the  stars. 

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O,   God  of  our  fathers  I  this  Ijauiier  must  shine 
Where  l)attle  is  hottest,   in  warfare  divine  ! 
The  cannon   has  thundered,    tlie  bugle  has  l)lo\vn. 
We  fear  not  the  summons,   we  fight  not  alone  ! 
O,   lead  us,   till  wide  from  the  gulf  to  the  sea, 
The  land  shall   be  sacred  to  freedom  and  thee  ! 
With  love  for  the  oppressed,   with  blessing  for  scars, 
One  country;   one  banner  —  the  stripes  and  the  stars. 

Kdna  Dkan   Pkcjctor. 


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Bij  pfiniry.iijii,   (rom   "Acme  H. 

STAND   I{Y  Tin-    OIJ)    l-l,.\(). 

As   a  higli    private   in    Kirk's   brisj;a(lc,    Mc'Cook's   division, 

x^rniy  of  the  Ohio,  I  took  part  in  the  battle  of  vShiloh,  Monday, 

April  7th,  1S62.      General   Ronssean's  l)rigade  took  the  advance 

of  our  division  early  in  the  morning.     We  formed  line  in  rear 

of  Rousseau  as  supports,   advancing  as  they  did.     Just  before 

reaching  an  open  field  the  enemy  appeared  to  hold  their  ground 

with    unusual    determination.     As    we    moved    nearer    the    line 

engaged,    the    enemy    gave    way   for  a   short    distance,    and   we 

halted  a  few  moments.      Right  at  my  feet  lay  a  Captain,  with 

"  L.  Iv." — Louisville  Legion  of  Rou.s.seau's  brigade  —  on  the  lapel 

of  his  coat.      His  entire  right  forehead  seemed  to  have  been  shot 

awa3^      Comrade   Baker,   who  stood  beside  me,    bent  down  and 

poured    some  water  into   his   mouth,    when   the   fallen   Captain 

slowly  opened  his  eyes.      As  he  did  so  he  caught  sight  of  the 

colors  of  our  regiment,  which  happened  to  be  almost  over  him. 

Without   a   tremor,    in    a   low   voice,    he  called   out:    "  .Stand   by 

the  old    flag,    boys,    stand    by   the  old   flag,"    and   immediately 

became  unconscious.     In  a  short  time  we  were  engaged  with  the 

eneui}' ,  and  those  words  rang  in  my  ears  above  the  voice  of  battle. 

I  had  resolved  to  hunt  up  the  brave  Captain  as  soon  as  the  battle 

was  over,  but  was  severely  wounded  myself  and  could  not  dti  so; 

but  how  often  since  have  those  words  encouraged  me,  breathing 

as  they   did    the    unselfish   thoughts  of  a   patriot  dying  on   the 

battle-field. 

ROBKKT    M.    Wii^sox. 


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Gave  proof  ttirough  t^e  niglit  that  our  flag  was  still  tfiere. 


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THE  vSTAR-SPANGLICD   IJANNKR. 

Oh,   sa}^   can  you   see,   by   the  (huvii's  early   liKht, 

What  so  proudly  we  hailed  at  the  twilight's  last  gleaming  ? 

Whose  broad  stripes  and  ])right  stars,  through  the  perilous  fight. 
O'er  the  ramparts  we  watched,  were  so  gallantly  shining  ; 

And  the  rocket's  red  glare,  the  bombs  bursting  in  air. 

Gave  proof  through  the  night  that  our  flag  was  still  there  ; 

Oh,  say,   does  that  star-.spangled  banner  yet  wave 

O'er  the  land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the  brave  ? 

On  the  shore,  dimly  seen  through  the  mists  of  the  deep, 

Where  the  foes  haughty  host  in  dread  silence  reposes. 
What  is  that  which  the  breeze,  o'er  the  towering  steep, 

As  it  fitfully  ])lows,   half  conceals,   half  discloses  ? 
Now  it  catches  the  gleam  of  the  morning's  first  beam. 
In  full  glory  reflected,  now  shines  on  the  stream  ; 
'Tis  the  star-spangled  banner  ;  oh,   long  may  it  wave 
O'er  the  land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the  brave  ! 

And  where  is  the  band  who  so  vauntingly  swore. 

'Mid  the  havoc  of  war  and  the  battle's  confusion, 
A  home  and  a  country  they'd  leave  us  no  more  ! 

Their  blood  has  washed  out  their  foul  footsteps'  pollution  ; 
No  refuge  could  save  the  hireling  and  slave 
From  the  terror  of  flight,   or  the  gloom  of  the  gra\e  : 
And  the  star-spangled  batnier  in  trium])h  doth  wave 
O'er  the  land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the  brax'e. 


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oil,   thus  be  it  ever,  when  freemen  shall  stand 

Between  their  loved  home  and  the  war's  desolation  I 
Blessed  with  victory  and  peace,  may  the  heaven-rescued  land 
Praise  the  power  that  hath  made  and  preserved  us  a  nation 
Then  conquer  we  must,   for  our  cause  it  is  just, 
And  this  be  our  motto,    "In  God  is  our  trust," 
And  the  star-spangled  banner  in  triumph  shall  wave 
O'er  the  land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the  brave. 

Francis  vScott  Key. 


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THK  AUTHOR  OF  TIIIv  STAR-SPAXOIJv I)  liAXXl-.k. 

Francis  Scott  Key,  the  author  of  "The  Slar-Spaii^iled 
Hanner,"  was  a  lawyer  by  profession,  and  was  born  in  Frederick 
county,  Maryhmd,  August  ist,  1779,  and  died  in  Kalliniore. 
January  iitli,  1.S43.  The  song  which  immortalized  his  nanu- 
and  became  national  was  inspired  Ijy  the  author  witnessing  the 
bombardment  of  Fort  McHenry,  September  13th,  1814.  Tlie 
song  was  first  published  in  the  "  Baltimore  American,"  September 
2ist,  18 14,  a  week  after  the  battle,  with  these  prefatory  remarks  : 

"This  song  was  composed  under  the  following  circum- 
stances :  Mr.  F.  S.  Key  left  Baltimore  in  a  flag  of  truce  for 
the  purpose  of  getting  released  from  the  British  fleet  a  friend, 
and  was  temporarily  detained,  witnessing  the  bombardment  of 
Fort  McHenry.  He  watched  the  flag  at  the  fort  all  day  with 
anxiety  ;  in  the  night  he  watched  the  bomb-shells,  and  at  early 
dawn  his  eye  was  again  greeted  by  the  proudly  waving  flag  of 
our  countr3^" 

It  was  while  pacing  the  deck  of  the  cartel-ship  "  Minden," 
between  midnight  and  dawn,   that  Key  composed  his  song. 

The  Star-Spangled  Banner  was  first  sung  in  a  small  one- 
story  frame  house,  occupied  as  a  tavern,  a  house  where  players 
&nd  soldiers  congregated. 

It  was  caught  up  in  camps,  and  sung  around  the  l)ivouac 
fires,  whistled  in  the  streets,  and  when  peace  was  declared,  and 
.soldiers  scattered  to  their  homes,  it  was  carried  to  thousands  of 
firesides  as  the  most  precious  relic  of  the  war  of  18 12. 

The  flag  of  Fort  McHenry,  whose  broad  stripes  and  bright 
stars  inspired  Key's  .song,  still  exists  in  a  tolerable  state  of 
preservation.  The  regulation  size  of  the  garrison  flags  at  the 
present  time  is  thirty-six  feet  fly  and  twenty  feet  hoist. 


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The  flag  of  Fort  McHenry,  in  its  present  cnrtailecl  dimen- 
sions, is  thirtj'-two  feet  long  and  twenty-nine  feet  hoist. 
Undonbtedly,  originally  it  was  fort}'  feet  long  —  the  shots  of 
the  enemy  and  time  have  combined  to  decrease  its  length. 

Its  great  width  is  due  to  its  having  fifteen  instead  of  thirteen 
stripes,  each  nearly  two  feet  wide.  It  had  fifteen  five-pointed 
stars,  each  two  feet  from  point  to  point,  arranged  in  five  indented 
parallel  lines,  three  stars  in  each  horizontal  line.  The  union 
rests  in  the  ninth  stripe,  which  is  red,  instead  of  the  eighth, 
a  white  stripe,  as  in  our  present  flag.  All  the  flags  worn  by 
the  Navy  and  Army  during  the  war  of  1811-14  were  made  this 
way  ;  in  fact  they  w^ere  so  arranged  from   1794  to   18 18. 

This  flag  was  exhibited  in  the  naval  department  of  the 
centennial  exhibition,  in  Philadelphia,  and  again  at  the  Old 
South  Church,  Boston,  June  14th,  1S77,  the  centennial  anni- 
versar)^  of  the  pa.ssage  by  the  Continental  Congress  of  the  act 
adopting  the  star-spangled  banner  as  the  emblem  of  the  Con- 
federated States. 

There  is  no  doubt  as  to  the  authenticity  of  this  flag.  It 
was  preserved  by  Colonel  Armsted,  and  bears  his  name  and 
date  of  the  bombardment.  It  has  always  remained  in  his 
family,  and  his  widow,  in  1861,  bequeathed  it  to  their  youngest 
daughter,  Mrs.  Stuart  Appleton,  who,  soon  after  the  bombard- 
ment, was  born  in  Fort  McHenry  under  its  folds.  Mrs.  Appleton 
died  July  25th,  1878,  and  bequeathed  the  flag  to  her  son,  who 
now  holds  it. 

A  letter  from  Mrs.  Caroline  Purdy,  of  Baltimore,  to  Mrs. 
Appleton,   describes  the  making  of  this  historic  flag  : 

"It  was  made  by  my  mother,  and  I  assisted  her.  The 
flag  being  so  very  large,  my  mother  was  obliged  to  obtain 
permission  from  the  proprietor  of  a  brewery  to  spread  it  out 
in  their  malt-house,  and  I  remember  seeing  my  mother  down 
on  the  floor  placing  the  stars.  The  flag,  I  think,  contained 
four  hundred  yards,  and  we  w^orked  many  nights  until  12  o'clock 
to  complete  it  in  a  given  time." 


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By  permission,  Irorn  "Acrne  Haversack."] 

RALLY   ROUND  TIN'    OLD   I'LAC;  ! 

Rally  round  Ihc   "Old   Mag!" 

"  Haniicr  of  the   free," 
Radiant  with   triunii)hs 

Won  for  liberty. 
Kniblem  of  hope  and  joy 

Unto  all  oppres.sed, 
Equal  rights  everywhere, 

That  all   may   he  hle.ssed. 
In  a  grand  and  awful  time 

We  all  are  dwelling  ; 
To  l)e  living  is  sublime, 

When  on  ages  telling  — 
The  power  of  liberty  shall  grow 
Till  all  the  earth  shall   know. 

Don't  forget  the  vast  cost 

Freedom's  flag  to  save. 
Or  the  deeds  that  made  it  sure 

Evermore  to  wave. 
Heroes  fought  in  its  defense, 

For  it  won  renown  ; 
Placed  it  where  it  proudly  floats, 

Never  to  go  down. 
Flag  of  hope  to  earth's  oppressed. 

Wave  on  in  glory  ; 
Cheering  aching.  suff"'ring  .souls 

With  freedom's  story  — 
That   bye  and   l)ye.   to  everyone, 
A  better  day  will  come. 

C<  )M  K  API-:    R  1:DI  NC.TOX . 


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By  perrnission,  from  •'Acrne  Haversack.'] 

FORKVER  FLOAT  THE  OLD  FLAG! 

Wherever  Columbia's  favored  children  Uini, 

In  her  peace  and  her  prosperity   all  patriots  may  learn 

What  free  institutions  to  ev'ry  one  will  give, 

Who  is  fortunate  ajid  favored  under  freedom's  flag  to  live. 

Forever  float  the  old  flag,   the  red.  white,   and  l^lue  flag  ! 
The  saved  flag,  the  proud  flag,  the  triumph-of-the-true  flag  ! 
Our  hearts  ever  cherish  its  valor-gilded  field, 
And  bless  its  defenders,   too  true  to  ever  yield. 

The  old  flag  has  cost  earth's  most  mighty  sacrifice  ; 
From  four  years  of  deadly  suffering  the  nation  .saw  it  rise, 
Baptized  in  the  blood  of  our  noblest  and  our  best  ; 
But  'twas  saved  !   and   now  it   grandly  shields  the  cau.se  their 
deeds  have   ble.s.sed. 

And  what  they've  defended  their  children  will  pre.ser\-e  ; 
From  our  loyalty  to  flag  and  country  we  will  never  swer\-e. 
The  old  flag,  the  ble.ss'd  flag  of  truth. 

Ls   the   flag   to   which    we'll   rally   ev'ry   day  from   early  y(mth. 

J.   C.   O.    Redixgton. 


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By  pernnission,  frorn  "  Acrp.e  Haversack.") 

OUR    FLAG   OF   THIC   FR1".1<:. 

liright   haiintr  of  the   free. 
Still   wave  from  sea  to  sea, 

Our  Union's  pride  ! 
F'lag  that  our  father's  bore 
Amid  the  cannon's  roar 
By  every  sea  and  shore. 

For  thee  they  died. 

Anonymous. 


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From  "The  United  States  Flag,"  by  Preble.) 

RALLY  ROUND  YOUR  COUNTRY'S  FLAG. 

Every  man  must  be  for  the  United  States  or  against  it. 
There  can  be  no  neutrals  in  this  war  —  only  patriots  or  traitors. 
I  express  it  as  my  conviction  before  God,  that  it  is  the  duty  of 
every  American  citizen  to  rally  round  the  flag  of  his  country. 

Stephen  A.  Douglass,  i86i. 


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I3i|  iierrriissioii,  Irom  "  Ar,m«  H.-Ki'i-,.irl..' | 

(),    banner  tlial    \vc-   loxc, 
Fair  as  the  heavens  above, 

Fla^  of  llie  free  ! 
O'er  our  land   ever  wave, 
Land  of  the  true  and  l)rave, 
Land  where  there  breathes  no  skive 

From  sea  to  sea  ! 

Glowing  with  crimson  dyes, 
Like  sunset's  burning  skies, 

O,   banner  fair  ! 
Handed  with  snowy  white, 
Pure  as  the  stars  at  night, 
With  thee,   our  heart's  delight. 

What  can  compare  ? 

Each  star  tipon  thy  breast 
Shall  there  forever  rest, 

Glorious  and  free  ; 
And  all  the  winds  that  swell 
Through  every  peaceful  dell, 
Where'er  they  go  shall  tell 

Our  love  for  thee. 

Flag  of  the  brave  and  free. 
Emblem  of  liberty, 

Banner  we   love  ! 
Thanks  for  each  radiant  fold. 
And  every  star  of  gold, 
Freed  from  oppression's  hoUI. 

Give  God  above. 

XlXKTTK    Vi.     LOWATKR. 


7<S 


By  permission,  from  "Acme  Haversacl<."] 

KEEP  THE  FLAG   IX   VIEW. 

Ever  keep  before  our  eyes  the   "Glory  Flag"   of  old! 
The  stars   and   stripes   let   every  loyal   heart  with   love  enfold 
Preserved  by  such  deep  sacrifice  as  never  can  be  told  ; 
Oh  !  keep  the  flag  in  view  ! 

Anonymous. 


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From  "The  Flag  of  tht;  United  States,"  by  Preble.] 

THE   FIRvST  UNITl-:!)   STATES   FLAG  AROUND 
THE  WORLD. 

The  honor  of  beiiig^  the  first  to  carry  "Our  Coiintrv'.s 
Flag"  around  the  world  i.s  assigned  to  the  auspiciously  and 
appropriately  named  ship,  "Columbia,"  which,  under  command 
of    Captain's    Kendrick    and    Gray,   circumnavigated    the   globe 

in    17X9-90. 


So 


Frorri  "The  Fi  '     t.'fl  Stales,"  by  Preble.] 

OUR   FLAG   IN  THE  vSOUTH. 

Across  the  chasm,   dark  and  bloody, 

Where  armed  hate  once  cruel  stood, 

Let  us  build  anew  the  union 

Of  our  common  brotherhood. 

Unfurl  for  us  the  Nation's  banner. 

Flag  of  a  land  forever  free  ; 
We,   too,   would  claim  and  share  its  glory, 

As  it  floats  o'er  land  and  sea. 

In  the  days  long  past  our  fathers 

Stood  beneath  the  flag's  broad  fold  ; 

In  the  days  to  come  our  children 

Will,   with  yours,   its  fame  uphold. 

Thus,   ])y  friendship's  ties  united. 

We  will  change  the  bloody  past 

Into  golden  links  of  union. 

Blending  all  in  love  at  last. 

Thus  beneath  the  one  broad  banner. 

Flag  of  the  true,   the  brave,   the  free. 
We  will  build  anew  the  Union, 

Fortress  of  our  liberty. 

C.  C.  Hanlok. 


8i 


From    "  Thp  Flag  of  llie  UnitiM   " 

LIEUTENANT-GENKRAL  WINl-Il'.lJ)  SCoT'l'   AM) 
THE   UNITED  STATl-S   FLAG. 

"  I  have  served  my  C()untr\-  under  the  flaj^  of  the  Union  tor 
more  than  fifty  years  ;  and  as  long'  as  God  permits  me  to  live 
I  will  defend  that  flaj;'  with  my  sword,  even  if  my  own  State 
assails  it." 


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Bu   permission,   fiom    "Arn-e   H^.erjiC  1-."  I 

OUR   FLAG   OF   IJHHRTV. 

Our  flag,  our  flag,   the  grand  old  flag. 

From  mountain  top,   from  towering  crag, 

O'er  prairie  wide,  and  inland  seas, 

In  honor  floats  on  every  breeze  ; 

And  paints  with  tints  that  naught  can  tame 

A  monogram  of  living  fame. 

The  flag  our  eyes  are  proud  to  see, 

The  grand  old  flag  of  liberty. 

Our  flag,  our  flag,   without  a  stain, 

That  will  be  pure  while  right  shall  reign 

Long  may  its  splendor  brightly  shine 

On  brow  of  liberty  divine, 

A  harbinger  the  world   to  bless, 

A  glorious  light  from   radiant  W'csl. 

The  flag  our  eyes  are  bound  to  see, 

The  grand  old   flag  of  liberty'. 

Our  flag,   our  flag,   in  battle  smoke, 
Mid  bayonet  clash  and  sabre  stroke, 
Will  onward   lead  a  charging  line  — 
An  inspiration  so  sublime 
That  cowards  e'an  forget  their  fear  — 
And  charge  to  death  with  loyal  cheer. 
That  flag  our  eyes  are  proud  to  see. 
The  grand  old  flag  of  liberty. 


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Our  flag,   our   fla.i;,   n'cr  land   and   sea. 
Shall  mil-  where  heart  of  man  is  free  ; 
It  bids  the  despot  cower   in   fear, 
The  slave  to  hope  that  freedom's  near  ; 
And   loud  ])roclaims  the  j^rand  design 
That  equal  rights  on  all  shall  shine. 
The  flag  our  eyes  are  pnjud  to  see. 
Triumphant  flag  of  liberty. 

Our  flag,   our  flag,   the  youth   will  stand 
Around  that  flag,   a  loyal  band. 
With   hearts  as  true  as  those  of  yore. 
When   patriot   fathers  braxxdy   bore 
That  flag  victorious  toward  the  skies. 
Its  triumph   won   by  sacrifice. 
The  flag  our  eyes  are  proud  to  see, 
The  grand  old  flag  of  liberty. 

Coi-ONHi.  S.   I).    Richardson. 


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THE   FIRST  UNITED  STATES  FLAG  IX  THE 
INTERIOR  OF  CHINA. 

In    1877    our    flag    was    unfurled    for    the    first    time    one 
thousand   miles   in   the   interior  of  China. 


85 


THE   UNITI-:!)   STATI<:S    FI,A(;    AT  Tlir:   COMI'I.I-TION 

OF  TlIIv    UNION    I>ACII<IC    RAILROAD. 

< 

When  the  tie  connecting  the  Union  Pacific  railroad  was 
laid,  Augnst  7th,  1868,  the  idea  was  suggested  of  erecting  a 
monument  commemorative  of  the  event,  and  planting  the 
national  flag  on  the  divide.  On  vSunday,  August  9th,  a  compain- 
assembled  at  a  point  al^out  seven  hundred  and  twenty-five  miles 
from  Omaha.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Gierlow  pronounced  the  following 
consecration  service  while  the  flag  was  being  hoisted  by  a  Mrs. 
Clayton  : 

"In  the  name  of  wisdom,  strength,  and  beauty;  in  the 
name  of  faith,  hope,  and  charity  ;  in  the  name  of  the  Holy 
Tri4iity,  we  consecrate  this  flag  to  the  glory  of  God,  the  benefit 
of  civilization,  and  the  happiness  of  mankind  ;  and  may  its 
ample  folds  protect  us  in  the  path  of  virtue,  so  that  we  may 
become  worthy   citizens  of  the  land  of  the   free." 

The  sj^ot  where  this  flag  was  planted  is  the  true  continental 
sununit. 


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By  permission,  (ron\  "Acme  Haversack."] 

ONE   FLAG  ONLY. 

Comrades  !  I  am  umnoved  ])y  any  rancor  or  spirit  of  hatred. 
God  forbid  ;  l)iit  I  am  a  Union  soldier,  and  I  love  my  flag,  and 
I  say  here,  and  I  will  say  everywhere,  that  for  Americans  there 
is  but  one  flag  —  the  flag  of  Bunker  Hill,  and  Saratoga,  and 
Yorktown  ;  the  flag  of  Lundy's  Lane,  Lake  Champlain,  and 
Erie,  and  New  Orleans  ;  the  flag  of  Scott,  McDonough,  Perry, 
and  Jackson  ;  the  flag  of  Lincoln,  the  flag  of  Hancock,  the  flag 
of  Grant,  the  flag  of  Washington.  It  is  the  only  flag  which 
represents  the  right,  and  in  our  charitj-  let  us  not  forget  the 
difference   between   right  and  wrong. 

Ghnkkal  Daxikl  E.  Sicklks. 


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By  perrnission,  from  "Acrrie  Haversack."] 

OUR  GLORIOUS   FLAG. 


Out  of  llie  battle  glare, 
See,   all  the  stars  are  there. 

Gleaming  like  gold. 
Doubly  its  hues  are  blest. 
Thousands  have  gone  to  rest, 
Noblest,   bravest,   and  best, 

Under  its  fold. 

H.   C.    Bai.i,.\ki). 


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By  permission,    trum       n.ii.-i   ridversack."] 

THE   FLAG  OUR    HKRO   BORE. 

"  Bring  mo  the  flag,'"  the  vet'raii  said, 
"  The  flag  I've  held  before, 
The  war-worn  flag,   the  battle-flag, 

The  flag  our  hero  bore. 
With  tender  care  now  take  it  down. 

And   bring  it  to  my  side, 
Tear  not  a  shred  of  tattered  folds  — 
That  flag's  my  joy  and  pride. 

"  On  many  a  hard   fought  field,   my  boy," 

Exclaimed  the  aged  sire, 
"  I  saw  it  wave  victoriously^ 

'Mid  shot,  and  shell,  and  fire; 
And  when  the  bullet  pierced  my  side  — 
Though  faint,   mj^  son,  with  pain  — 
I   took  that  flag,   that  dear  old  flag, 
And  spread  it  on  the  slain. 

"  When   past,   the  sad  and  cruel  war. 
My  boy,   I  placed  it  there, 
And  as  my  voice  will  soon  be  hushed, 

I  leave  it  in  your  care. 
Oh,   keep  the  flag,"   the  vet' ran  said, 

"  My  days  on  earth  are  o'er. 
That  starry  flag,   the  war-scarred  flag. 
The  flag  our  hero  bore" 

I.    J.     l^IKLHV 


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From  "The  Flag  of  t\r\e  United    States,"  by  Preble.) 

HAII.  TO  OUR   BANNER. 

Hail  to  our  l)anncr,   brave, 

All  o'er  the  land  and  wave, 

To-day  unfurled  ! 

No  folds  to  us  so  fair. 

Thrown  on  the  summer  air, 

None  can  with  thee  compare. 

In   all   the  world. 

W.    P.    Tll.DK.V. 


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Froni  "The  Flag  of  t^e  United  States,"  by  Preble.] 

OUR  STAR-GEMMED  BANNER— SPIRIT  OF  1861. 

God  bless  our  star-geinined  banner,  shake   its  folds   out   to   the 

breeze, 
From  church,    from  fort,   from  house-top,   o'er  the  city,   on  the 

seas  ; 
The  die  is  cast,   the  storm  at  last  has  broken   in  its  might ; 
Unfurl  the  starry   banner,   and  may   God  defend   the  right  I 

Too  long  our  flag  has  sheltered  rebel  heart  and  stormy  will  ; 
Too  long  has  nursed  the  traitor  who  has  worked  to  do  it  ill  ; 
That  time  is  past,  the  thrilling  blast  of  war  is  heard  at  length, 
And  the  North  pours  forth  her  legions  that  have  slumbered  in 
their  strength. 

They   have  roused  them  to  the  danger,  armed  and  ready  forth 

they  stand, 
A  hundred  thousand  volunteers,  each  with  weapon  in  his  hand  ; 
They   rally  round  that  bainier,   they  obey  their  country's  call. 
The  spirit  of  the  North   is  up,   and  thrilling  one  and  all. 

'Tis  the   flag  our  sires  and   grandsires  honored   to   their  latest 

breath. 
To  us  'tis  given  to  hold  unstained,  to  guard  in  life  or  death  ; 
Time-honored,    from   its  stately   folds  who  has  dared  to  strike 

a  star 
That  glittered  on  its  field  of  blue  —  who  but  traitors,  as  they  are  ? 


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Would  to  God  it  waved  above  us  willi  a  foreigu  foe  to  (luell, 
Not  o'er  brother  facx-d   to  brother,   ur^nuj;  steel,   aud   shot,  aud 

shell  ; 
Hut   no   more  the   ehoice    is   left   us,   f<»r  our   friendly   hand   they 

spurn. 
We    ean    only    meet    as    foemen — sad,    but    resolute    and   stern. 

Father,  dash  aside  the  tear-drop,  let  th\-  ])roud  boy  ^o  his  way  ; 
Mother,  twine  thine  arms  al)out  him,  and  bless  thy  son  this  day  ; 
Sister,  weep,  but  yet  look  proudly,  'tis  a  time  to  do  or  die  ; 
Maiden,  clasp  thy  lo\'er  tenderly,  as  he  whispers  thee  good-by. 

Onward,  onward  to  the   battle,  who  can  doubt  which   -^idc  will 

win  ! 
Rii;ht   and   might   l)()th   guard   our  scpuidrons,  and   the  steadfast 

heart   witliin  ; 
Shall  the  men  who  never  quailed  before  now  falter  in   the  field  ? 
Or  the  men  who  fought  at  Bunker  Hill  be  ever  made  to  yield? 

Then  bless  our  banner,  God  of  hosts  !  watch  o'er  each  starry  fold, 
'Tis  freedom's  standard,  tried  and  proved  on  many  a  field  of  old  ; 
And  Thou,  who  long  hast  blessed  us,  now  bless  us  yet  again. 
And  crown  our  cause  with  victory,  and  keep  our  flag  from  stain. 

H.  E.  T. 


'  Ar\d  O'er  heaven's  sacied  aluii  j  ,.  ..^ 
The  flag  that  guards  tlis  fres  and  brave. 


93 


OUR   COUNTRY'S    FLA(i   OX   GOJjS   SAC  k  I'D    \I.T.\!>'s 

Where  altars  to  our   Maker  rise, 
There  let   His  standards  ji^reet  the  skies  ; 
And   to   heaven's   welcoming  breezes   flinj; 
The  banners  of  Our   Lord,    the    King  I 

Where    Freedom's  armies  guard   the   land, 
Let  her   proud  standard-bearers  stand 
O'er  hill  and  plain,   from  shore  to  shore. 
Float  her  blest  symbols  ever  more  ! 

God  of  the  vSaints  !   land  of  the  free  ! 
Let  tliN'   fair  banners  blended  be  ! 
And  o'er  heaven's  sacred  altars  \va\-e 
The   flag  that   guards   the   free  and   brave  ! 

Thus   l)lended   shall   to   us   be  gi\-en 
The  love  of  home,   of  God,    and  heaven  I 
Thus,   in  our  grateful   hearts  shall   rise, 
Hopes  of  a  home   beyond  the  skies  I 

Thus  shall  religion's  sacred  fire 
The  patriot's  heart  with  zeal  inspire  : 
Thus  shall  the  patriot's  gifts,   in  turn, 
On  blest  religion's  altars  burn  ! 

And  love  of  God  walk  hand  in  hand 
With  love  of  man  and  native  land  I 
Christ's  kingdom   then   the  earth   will   span. 
With   "peace  on  earth  —  good  will  to  man!" 

J.   W.   Tkmi'LK. 


94 


By  perrriissiori,  from  "  Acrqe  Haversack."] 

PROUDLY  IN  GLORY  FLOATING  O'ER  US. 

We  will  rally   round  the  flag,   boys,    we'll  rally  once  again. 

Proudly  in   glory   floating  o'er  us  ; 
Always  gallantly  defend  on  every  battle   plain. 

Proudly  in   glory   floating  o'er  us. 

The  old  flag  forever  I   hurrah  !   boys,   hurrah  1 

We  stood  by   "Old  Glory,"   it  hasn't  lost  a  star; 

We  will  rally  'round  the  flag,  boys,  we'll  rally  once  again, 

Proudly   in   glory  floating   o'er  us. 

'Twas  for  it  our  heroes  fought  in  the  woeful  war-days  past, 

Proudly  in  glory  floating  o'er  us  ; 
For  it  marched  in  summer's  sun,  for  it  stood  thro'  winter's  blast. 

Proudly  in  glory  floating  o'er  us. 

'Twas  a  fearful  sacrifice  that  was  offered  for  it  then, 

Proudly  in  glory  floating  o'er  us  ; 
Of  the  noblest  and  the  best  of  Columbia's  worthy  men, 

Proudly  in  glory  floating  o'er  us. 

And  to-day  we'll  firmly  pledge,  boys,  we"  11  rally  round  the  gift. 

Proudly  in  glory  floating  o'er  us  : 
That  our  deeds  be  ever  faithful  humanity  to  lift, 

Proudly  in  glory  floating  o'er  us. 

J.   E.  Thokp. 


95 


CONFERENCE  RESOLUTION   REGARDINC;   OUR 
COUNTRY'S   FLAG. 

"Resolved,  That  we,  as  a  conference,  do  recommend  that 
the  American  flag  be  placed  in  onr  churches  and  vSunday- 
schools  as   an   emblem   of  our   Christian   civilization," 

Resolution  passed  by  the  Central  Illinois  Conference  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  September  30th,  1S89. 


96 


OUR   FLAG   AND  THE  CROSS. 

We  do  not  teach  our  children  sufficiently  what  is  due  the 
"Old  Flag" — what  it  stands  for.  It  is  to  our  institutions  what 
the  cross  is  to  the  Christian  religion. 

Colonel  Hepburn. 

At  the  Soldiers'  Reuriiori,  Muscatine,  Iowa, 

October  12th  aqd  I3tti,   1887. 


97 


Written  for   "Our  Country's   Flag,"   1m  J.  C.   O.   R.-ni.-t    q  ) 

THE  FLAG  O'ER  OUR  SCHOOL  lloCSIC 
LS   FLOATING. 

O'er  our  schooMiouse   the  "Old   Flag"  in   beauty   is  floating. 
Its  stars  are  as  white  as  the  purest  of  snow  ; 

While  the  blue  field  they  cover,   a  true  peace  denoting, 
And  valor-lit  stripes  with  a  radiance  glow. 

For  that  flag  means  a  sacrifice  —  martyred  ones  dying 
And  suff 'ring  to  rescue  our  "  Home  of  the  F'ree  "  — 

For  the  war  years  were  fearful  that  kept  the  flag  flying, 
And  w^on  the  prosperity  all  of  us  see. 

In  the  rooms  of  our  school-house,   when  wearied  eyes  raising 
The  grand  flag  before  us  doth  mightily  cheer  ; 

How  it  rests  aching  heads,   at  its  synuuetry  gazing, 
To  think  of  the  deeds  that  have  made  it  so  dear. 

In   our  hearts,    too,   we  carry   the  bright  flag  of  glory. 
Its  battle-tried  grandeur  to  cherish   tlirough  life  ; 

Ever  true  to  our  country,   we'll  cherish  the  story, 

How  heroes  have  saved  it  from  war's  bitter  strife. 


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OUR   FLAG   IX  THE  SCHOOL-ROOM. 

If  I   had   my  way,  I  would  liang  the  flag  in  every  school- 
room,  and   attempt  to   impress   upon  all    the  supreme  value  of 

their  inheritance. 

Hon.  Andrew  S.  Draper, 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  ^or  the  State  of  New  York,  I884. 


99 


From  "  Thie  History  of  the  Arnerican  Flaq,"  bij  Preble. 1 

OUR  GLORIOUS   IvXSIGN. 

Oh,   raise  that  glorious  ensign   high, 

And  let  the  nation  see 
That  flag  for  which  our  fathers  fought 

To  make  our  couutr}'  free  ! 

From  every  hill,   in  every  vale, 
Where  freemen  tread  the  sod, 

And  from  the  spires  where  freemen  meet 
For  prayer  and  praise  to  God, 

Unfurl  the  flag  beneath  but  this. 
The  cross  of  Calvary. 

Anonymous. 


lOO 


THE  FLAG  OVER   OUR   CHURCHES. 

"  Let  the  flag  of  our  country  wave  from  the  spire  of  every 

church   in   the  land,    with   nothing    above   it  save   the   cross   of 

Christ." 

Rev.   E.  a.  Axdi':ksox,   i86i. 


lOI 


Froni  "Excelsior  Reader,"  by  pernqission.] 

THK   STARS   AM)   STKll'lvS. 

Tlicrc  is  now  no  nation  which  is  not  familiar  with  the  stars 
and  stripes.  In  the  seaports  of  ancient  China  our  star-spangled 
ensign  is  known  as  "the  flower-flag,"  its  brilliant  dyes  suggest- 
ing to  the  fanciful  Chinese  a  ready  figure  of  speech.  So  the 
wandering-  Americans  are  sometimes  spoken  of  as  the  "flower- 
flag  people."  To  millions  of  men  in  other  lauds  it  is  an  emblem 
of  popular  liberty  and  human  rights.  (To  us  it  now  means  more 
than  ever.  It  means  a  flag  saved  from  di.shonor,  a  nation  pre- 
served from  disunion.  The  good  Lincoln  used  to  say  during  the 
war,  that  though  he  saw  the  flag  every  day  he  never  regarded  it 
for  a  moment  without  emotion.  To  him  it  re])resented  a  republic 
in  danger.  vSo,  to-day,  as  it  floats  in  sunny  splendor  from 
numberless  spires  and  spars,  on  land  and  sea,  in  pompous  folds 
/or  in  the  tin}-  leaflet  of  the  children,  we  may  well  regard  it  fondly 
as  bringing  back  the  wonderful  history  of  a  hundred  years. 

It  glitters  on  the  proudest  frigate  as  it  glittered  first  on  the 
"Ranger"  of  Paul  Jones.  It  floats  peacefulh*  from  Maine  to 
Alaska,  and  from  the  lakes  to  the  gulf,  as  it  waved  amid  shot 
and  shell  on  the  fields  where  the  republic  was  born  and  our 
right  to  a  national  flag  was  established.  We  do  well  to  cherish 
a  sentiment  of  passionate  devotion  to  the  old  flag.  No  star  is 
blotted,  no  stripe  erased.      It  is  the  glory  of  countless  homes. 

And  when  the  wanderer,   lonely,   friendless. 

In  foreign  harbors  shall  behold 

That  flag  unrolled, 

'Twill  be  as  a  friendly  hand 

Stretched  out  from  his  native  land. 
Filling  his   heart  with  memories  sweet  ami  endless. 

Anonymous. 


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3^ 


V^.'tli^s^; 


^ 


'Stand  by  the  flag,  tl"|e  (lag  of  Freedom's  pride! 

Star\d  by  the  flag  your  fathers  fought  to  save!' 


I03 


Bg  permission,  from  "Acme  Hui.i     i   ■■ .    | 

STAND  BY  TIIIC    FLAG. 

Stand  ])y  the  (lui!,,   tlie  flag  of  freedom's  pride  ! 

vStand  by  the  flag  your  fathers  fought  to  save  ! 
Stand  by  the  flag  for  which  those  heroes  died  ! 

vStand   In'  the  flag,   that  it  may   forever  wave  I 

Stand  by   the  flag,   the  flag  of  hope  to  earth  ! 

Stand   by  the  flag,   its  stripes  with  valor  glow  ! 
Stand  by  the  flag,   bright  stars  of  priceless  worth  ! 

Stand  by  the  flag,   all  lands  its  victories  know  ! 

Stand  by  the  flag,   tell  freedom's  l)rightest  story  ! 

Stand  by  the  flag,  it  proudly  floats  above  ! 
Stand  by  the  flag,  maintain  its  grandest  glory  ! 

Stand  by  the  flag,   the  dear  old  flag  we  love  ! 

J.  C.  O.   Redington. 


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By  perrnission,  from  "Acme  Haversack."] 

OUR  STAR-SPANGLED   EMBLEM. 

Our  .star-.spangled  emblem  of  valor  and  glory, 
The  beautiful  flag  proudly  floating  above, 

Forever  tell  over  the  gloriou.s  grand  story 

Of  what  the  flag  means  that  the  loyal  all  love. 

J.   C.   O.   Rkdingtox. 


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Copyrighted  by  thie  S.  Brainard's  Sons  Co.,  and  used  by  peimi/    jr,  ] 

OUR   FI.AG   AND   TIIlv   UNION    KORIvVKR. 

We  will  stand  by   the   Unicju   forever, 

By   the  flag  of  the  brave  and   the  true, 

By  the  glorious  star-spangled  banner, 

With  its  beautiful    red,   white,   and   blue-. 

Oh,  its  folds  to  the  free  air  of  heaven, 
By  our  fathers  unfurled  long  ago, 

Shall  ne'er  wave  o'er  America  riven 
By  the  hand  of  a  traitorous  foe. 

On   the  field,    o'er  the  dead  and  the  d}ing. 
Where  the  loud  din  of  battle  is  rife. 

See  our  emblem  of  liberty  flying. 

Oh,   its  triumph   is  dearer  than   life. 

Let  us  trust   in  the  might  of  Jehovah, 

For  the  right  with  His  might  must  prevail, 

With  the  flag  of  the  free  floating  over 
Our  hosts,   Oh,   we  never  shall  fail. 

Three-times-three  for  the  Union  forever, 

Three-times-three  for  the  brave  and  the  true, 

Three-times-three  for  the  star-spangled  banner, 
With  its  beautiful  red,   white,   and   blue. 

See  it  waving,  waving,  waving, 
'Tis  freedom's  emblem  rare. 

See  it  waving,  waving,  waving. 
In  glorious  triumph  there. 

RKV.    J.    M.VTI.DCK. 


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TKLL  THE  GLAD  TIDINGS. 

Wave   'neath  the  azure,   ye  banners  so  bright  ! 

Hymns  of  devotion  and  valor  recite  ! 

Tell  to  the  world  how  our  heroes  have  died, 

Bearing  your  colors  aloft  in  their  pride. 

Tell  it  by  shore  and  by  murmuring  sea  ! 

Tell   it  where  manhood  is  noble  and  free  ! 

Your  prestige  and  grandeur  no  dark  shadow  mars- 

Tell  the  glad  tidings,  ye  stripes  and  ye  stars. 

Anonymous. 


I07 


By  perrrii',sion,   fi-oin   "A-, in.!  Ha/ersack.") 

BLUSvSINGvS  ON  OUR   HANNIvR. 

God   bless  the  banner  of  the  free, 

The  flag  our  fathers  gave  ; 
May  stars  and  stripes  on  land  and  sea 

In  triumph  ever  wave  ! 
Columbia's  emblem   of  her  might, 

' '  Old  Glory  ' '   floats  above  ; 
We'll  strike  for  God  and  for  the  right  ! 

Its  every   fold  we  love. 

Forever  waving  in   the  skies, 

Each  year  with  glory  new. 
Maintained  by   fearful   sacrifice 

Of  noble   "boys  in  blue." 
This  land  be  freedom's  dwelling-place 

Our  flag  shall  ever  bear  — 
May   liberty  to  human   race 

O'er  earth  spread  everywhere. 

The  endless  years  of  coming  time 

Shall  echo  freedom's  voice  ; 
The  pilgrim  here  from  every  clime 

May   in  that  flag  rejoice. 
The  stars  and  stripes  shall  ever  teach, 

To  all  who   'neath   it  stand, 
Free  soil,   free  men,   free  faith,   free  speech. 

To  all  in  freedom's  land. 

J.  C.  O.  Redington. 


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FroiTi  "Pleasant  Hours."] 

THE   MEANING  OF  OUR   FLAG. 

The  flag  for  whicli  our  hert)es  fouglit,  for  which  they  died, 
is  the  symbol  of  all  we  are.  of  all  we  hope  to  he.  It  is  the 
emblem  of  equal  rightsTT^It  meaus  free  bauds,  free  lips,  self- 
goverumeut,  aud  the^~sOvereignty  of  the  individual.  It  means 
that  this  continent  has  been  dedicated  to  freedom.  It  means 
universal  education  —  light  for  every  mind,  knowledge  for  every 
child.  It  means  that  the  school-house  is  the  fortress  of  liberty. 
It  means  that  "governments  derive  their  just  powers  from  the 
governed  ; ' '  that  e.ich  man  i»  accountable  to  and  for  the  govern- 
ment ;  that  resp  jnsibility  goes  hand  in  hand  with  liberty.  It 
means  that  it  i^  the  duty  of  every  citizen  to  bear  his  share  of  the 
public  burde  :  —  to  take  part  in  the  affairs  of  his  town,  his 
county,  his  state,  and  his  country.  It  means  that  the  ballot-box 
is  the  ark  of  the  covenant ;  that  the  source  of  authority  must 
not  be  poisoned.  It  means  the  perpetual  right  of  peaceful  revo- 
lution. /  It  means  that  every  citizen  of  the  republic,  native  or 
naturalized,  must  be  protected  at  home  in  every  state,  abroad 
in  every  land,  on  every  sea.  It  means  that  all  distinctions  based 
on  birth  or  blood  have  perished  from  our  laws  ;  that  our  govern- 
ment shall  stand  between  labor  and  capital,  between  the  weak 
and  the  strong,  between  the  individual  and  the  corporation, 
between  want  and  wealth,  and  give  and  guarantee  .simple  justice 
to  each  and  all.  It  means  that  there  shall  be  a  legal  remedy  for 
every  wrong.  It  means  national  hospitality  —  that  we  must 
welcome  to  our  shores  the  exiles  of  the  world,  and  that  we  may 
not  drive  them  back.  Some  may  be  deformed  by  labor,  dwarfed 
by  hunger,  broken  in  spirit,  victims  of  tyranny  and  cast  —  in 
whose  sad  faces  may  be  read  the  touching  record  of  a  weary  life  — 
and  yet  their  children,  born  of  liberty  and  love,  will  be  sym- 
metrical and  fair,  intelligent  and  free. 

Colonel  R.  G.  Inghrsoll. 


log 


Bij  permission,  from  "Acme  Haversack."] 

I.HT  OUR   FLAG    I'LOAT  O'l-R  EACH. 

Let  our  flat;'  float  far  and  wide, 
O'er  each  hero,  true  and  tried, 
O'er  the  graves  of  all  who  died 

At  our  country's  call. 
For  the  flag  those  martyrs  bled, 
Freel}'  noblest  blood  was  shed, 
"  For  our  native  land  !   "   tliey  said, 
"  vSacrifice  we  all."' 

A -NON  V  Mors. 


no 


THE  UNITED  STATES  FLAG  AT  NORTH  CAPE, 
NORWAY. 

A  part}'  of  Americans  found  themselves,  on  the  Fourth  of 
July,  1880,  at  North  Cape,  Norway.  They  arrived  in  a  steamer 
at  II  o'clock  p.  M.,  July  3d,  and  at  one  minute  after  midnight 
guns  were  fired,  the  shrill  whistle  of  the  engine  responded  to  the 
number  of  stars  on  the  American  flag,  and  loud  cheers  were 
given  to  usher  in  our  nation's  holiday.  The  part}'  then  ascended 
the  almost  perpendicular  cliff" — nine  hundred  feet  high  —  and 
raised  an  American  flag,  made  by  the  ladies  of  the  party  out  of 
materials  purchased  at  one  of  the  Norwegian  towns.  It  was 
certainly  an  extraordinary  place  for  such  a  celebration,  and  the 
first  time  that  a  company  of  Americans  ever  celebrated  the  Fourth 
of  July  at  such  an  hour  and  at  such  a  latitude.  The  midnight 
sun  shone  upon  the  party  all  the  time  with  dazzling  brightne.ss. 


I  I  I 


By  permission,  fronn  "Acme  Haversack."] 

KEEP  THE  FLAG  AT  TIIlv   I-ROXT. 

Plant  now  the  flag,   the  dear  old  flag,   out  in  the  front  again  ! 
As  in  advance,  'mid  fire  and  death,  the  flag  was  planted  then  : 
And    round  it  rallied,   till    they  fell,   Columbia's    glorious  men. 
Whose  sacrifice  the  nation  saved. 

Hurrah  !  hurrah  !  the  same  old  flag  to-day  ! 
Hurrah  !  hurrah  !  let  none  forget  the  wa}' 
'Twas  brought  through  fearful  sacrifice,  where  deadly  perils 
lay, 
When  carried  by  the  boys  in  blue. 

In  patriot  love  by  every  one  the  strength  of  nation  lies, 
And  ceaseless  loyalty  to  flag,   kept  free  by  sacrifice  ; 
To  Libert}'  that  all  be  true,   let  dailj-  pledges  rise 
From  all  the  youth  of  Columbia. 

Let  nothing  rise  with  loyalty  to  ever  interfere. 
Let  nothing  false  to  country  ever  anj'where  appear  ; 
Let  songs  and  deeds  the  truth  impress,  that  all  the  world  may 
hear, 
Our  hearts  are  true  to  Liberty. 

J.  C.  O.   Rkdin'GTox. 


I  12 


Copyrighted  by  S.  Brriiqird's  Sons  Co.,  aqd  used  by  permission! 

WRAP  TIII<:   FLAG   AROUND   MK,    BOYS. 

Wrap  the  flag  around  me,  boys, 

To  die  were  far  more  sweet, 
With  freedom's  starry  emblem,   boys. 

To  be  my  winding  sheet. 
In  life  I  loved  to  see  it  wave. 

And  follow  where  it  lead. 
But  now  my  eyes  grow  dim,   my  hands 

Would  clasp  its  last   bright  shred. 

I  had  thought  to  greet  you,   boys, 

On  many  a  well  worn  field, 
When   to  our  starry  banner,  boys. 

The  traitorous  foe  should  yield  ; 
But  now,  alas  !  I  am  denied 

My  dearest  earthly  prayer, 
You'll  follow  and  you  will  meet  the  foe, 

But  I  shall  not    be  there. 

But  though  my  l)ody  moulder,   boys. 

My  spirit  will  be  free. 
And  every  comrade's  honor,  boys. 

Will  still  be  dear  to  me. 
Then  in  the  thick  and  bloody  fight. 

Ne'er   let  your  ardor  lag. 
For  I'll  be  there,  still  hov'ring  near, 

Above  the  dear  old  flag. 

P.  Stewart  Taylor. 


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Copyrighted  by  A.  S.   Barnes  &  Co.,  and  used  by  permission.] 

HURRAH   FOR  THK  FLAG. 

There  are  many  flag.s  in  many  lands, 

There  are  flag.s  of  every  hne, 
Bi;t  there  is  no  flag,   however  grand, 

Like  our  red,   white,   and  bhie. 

We  should  always  love  the  stars  and  stripes, 

And  we  mean  to  be  ever  true 
To  this   land  of  ours  and  the  dear  old   flag, 

The  red,   the  white,   and  blue. 

Then  hurrah  for  the  flag,    "Our  Country's  Flag, 
Its  stripes  and  bright  stars,   too  ; 

There  is  no  flag  in  any  land 

Like  our  red,   white,   and  blue. 

Miss  M.  H.   Howliston. 


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From  ttie  "Inter-Ocean."] 

HURRAH  FOR  THIv  OLD   FLAG. 

Just  after  the  terrible  battle  of  the  first  Bull  Run  six 
men  were  found  close  together  with  seven  of  their  legs  need- 
ing immediate  amputation.  One  by  one  they  were  gathered 
up  and  carried  on  an  improvised  stretcher  to  the  surgeon's 
table.  When  Corporal  Tanner's  (afterward  United  States  Pen- 
sion Commissioner)  turn  came,  he  was  rolled  on  to  the  short 
stretcher  and  lifted  up  to  be  borne  away  —  but  now  came  the 
moment  of  trial.  The  rude  appliance  was  too  short  for  his 
body,  and  lying  face  downward  he  looked  under  the  stretcher 
and  saw  both  of  his  mangled  legs  hanging  down  at  the  other 
end.  Catching  a  sight  of  the  prostrate  comrades  just  left,  he 
shouted  with  all  his  remaining  strength,  "  Hurrah  for  the  old 
flag." 

AXONYJIOUS. 


1^5 


Fioai  "Little  People's  Speaker,"  by  permission  of  the  Pennsylvania  Publishing  Co.] 

THE  CHILDREN'S  SONG  OF  THE   I-EAG. 

This  is  our  flag,   and  ma\-  it  wave- 
Wide  over  land  and  sea  ! 

Though  others  love  a  different  flag, 
This  is  the  flag  for  me. 

And  that's  the  flag  for  all  our  land, 
We  will  revere  no  other, 

And  he  who  loves  this  symbol  lair 
Shall  be  to  us  a  brother. 

America's  the  land  we  love, 

Our  broad,   fair  land  so  free  ; 

And,   school-mates,   whereso'er  I  go. 
This  is  the  flag  for  me. 

These  glorious  stars  and  radiant  stripes, 

With  youthful  joy  I  see  ; 
May  no  rude  hand  its  beauty  mar. 
This  is  the  flag  for  me. 

Anonymous. 


ii6 


From  "The  Flag  of  t^e  United  States,"  by  Preble.] 

PREFERRED  DEATH  TO  SURRENDERING 
THE  FLAG. 

In  the  war  of  1812,  when  Stonington  was  being  bombarded 
by  the  Brilish  fleet,  August  loth,  18 14,  the  town  was  wholly 
defenseless,  the  supply  of  ammunition  having  given  out,  and 
at  the  mercy  of  the  invaders,  a  timid  citizen  proposed  a  formal 
surrender  by  lowering  the  United  States  flag,  which  was  flying 
over  a  one-gun  eighteen-pound  batter}'. 

"No,"  shouted  Captain  Holmes,  indignantly,  "that  flag 
shall  never  come  down  while  I  am  alive!"  And  when  the 
wind  died  away  and  it  hung  drooping  from  its  staff",  the  brave 
Captain  held  it  out  on  the  point  of  a  bayonet  that  the  British 
might  see  it.  In  that  position  .several  shots  passed  through  it, 
and  a  companion  of  Holmes'  was  held  up  on  his  shoulders 
while  he  nailed  it  to  the  staff. 


117 


By   pernqission,   from   "Acnrie  HaversacU."  | 

TIIIv  AMERICAN   FLAG   IN  OVli  SCHOOLS. 

Flag  of  our  nation  !     Symbol  true, 
The  clustered  stars  on  field  of  blue, 
And  stripes,  alternate  red  and  white, 
Combine  to  teach  and  hold  the  right 
To  live  and  be  at  libert}-, 
As  we  our  happy  peace  can  sec  — 
And  share  the  l)lessings  God  designed 
Should  be  the  portion  of  maid-ciud. 

Thou  art  a  patron  of  the  mind, 

And  all  Columbia's  children  find 

Free  education,   public  schools 

Unfettered  b}-  a  tyrant's  rules  — 

Where  all,   both  rich  and  poor,   obtain 

Instruction  on  an  equal  plane  — 

Whence  come  the  good  men,   wise  and  great. 

To  guard  or  hold  the  chair  of  state. 

Let,   then,  each  public  school  possess 

The  flag  whose  virtues  we  confess  ; 

To  teach  our  country's  hope — the  young  — 

The  sources  whence  our  goodness  sprung. 

And  ever  keep  before  their  eyes, 

A  token  of  the  sacrifice 

Offered  by  freemen,   true  and  brave, 

Our  liberties  to  gain  and  save. 


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Columbia,    take  now  the  stand 
In  every  school-house  in  the  land  ; 
And  to  our  eager  youth  unfold 
The  story  of  those  days  of  old. 
When  freemen  gathered  at  the  call 
To  struggle,   bleed,   in  death   to  fall. 
So  that  the  banner  of  thy  choice 
Might  wave  to  make  the  world  rejoice. 

J.    C.    O.    REDINfiTON. 


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By  permission,  lionri  "  Acnqe  Haversactc."] 

Till-:  FI.A(;  OF  TIIIv  CONSTiaj.ATIOX. 

Stars  of  the  nioru  on  our  banner  borne, 

With  heaven's  iris  blended, 
The  hands  of  our  sires  mingled  first  those  fires, 

And  by  us  they'll  be  defended. 

Then  hail  the  true,  the  red,   white,  and  blue  ! 

The  flag  of  the  constellation  ; 
It  sails  as  it  sailed,   by  our-  fathers  hailed, 

O'er  battles  that  made  us  a  nation. 

What  hand  so  bold  as  to  strike  from  its  fold 
A  star  or  stripe  there  bright' ning  ! 

To  him  each  ^tar  be  a  fiery  Mars, 
Kacli  stripe  a  terrible  lightning. 

Its  meteor  form  shall  outride  the  storm 

'Till  the  fiercest  foes  surrender  ; 
The  storm  gone  b}-,   it  shall  gild  the  sky, 

A  rainbow  of  peace  and  of  splendor. 

Peace   to  the  world,    is  our  motto  unfurkil, 

Tho'   we  fear  no  field  that's  gory  : 
At  home  or  abroad,   fearing  none  but  God, 

Our  own  pathway  we're  carving  to  glory. 

T.    BUCH.\N.\N    Rkid. 

WItii,    1861. 


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Frowi   thp  "Civil  War  in  Song  anr)  Story."] 

THE  AMERICAN  FLAG  IN   NASHVILLE,  TENN. 

The  following  extract  from  a  letter  on  the  joy  of  seeing 
the  American  flag  in  Nashville  was  written  by  a  young  lady 
in  that  city   in   the  early  part  of  the  war  : 

"Rejoice  with  me,  dear  grandma!  The  glorious  star- 
spangled  banner  of  the  United  States  is  again  floating  above 
us  !  Oh,  how  we  have  hoped  for,  longed  for,  prayed  for 
this  joyous  day  !  I  am  wild,  crazed,  almost,  with  delight.  I 
am  still  fearful  that  I  shall  awake  and  find  our  deliverance, 
our  freedom,  is  all  a  dream.  I  cannot  believe  that  it  is  a 
positive  fact,  it  has  come  upon  us  so  unexpectedly,  this  suc- 
cessful move  of  the  Union  army.  Grandma,  I  cannot  write 
coiniectedly  at  all.  Forgive  me  all  faults  of  composition,  for  I 
can  see  the  stars  and  stripes  of  my  ever-loved  floating  from 
tlie  State  House  —  the  first  time  my  eyes  have  been  gladdened 
by  such  a  sight  for  nearly  a  year.  So  great  is  my  ecstasy,  I 
cannot  sit  still.  I  cannot  keep  my  eyes  on  the  paper  ;  indeed, 
I  cannot  do  anything  but  sing,  whistle,  and  hum  '  Yankee 
Doodle,'  'Hail  Columbia,'  'The  Star-Spangled  Banner,'  and 
feast  my  eyes  on  those  glorious  colors.  Oh,  grandma  !  you 
cannot  imagine  our  happiness  at  this  sudden  change  in  the 
aspect  of  public  affairs.  We  have  had  so  much  to  bear  since 
I  wrote  you. 

"  My  father  and  brother  have  been  taunted,  sneered,  and 
hissed  at,  and  threatened  by  every  one,  until  endurance  was 
becoming  impossible.  We  have  been  warned  that  there  was 
imminent  danger  here  for  them,  and  the  hatred  toward  Union 


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men  was  becoming  so  intense  llial  both  ma  and  I  lia\e  been 
in  an  agony  of  suspense.  We  could  not  leave  home,  as  we 
never  did,  without  l)eing  insulted.  The  cloud  was  lowering 
over  us,  growing  darker  and  darker  day  by  day,  and  I  thought 
the  silver  lining  never  would  appear,  but  it  is  here  !  even 
now  beaming  upon  us  so  l)rightly  that  we  can  .scarcely  credit 
the  reality.  Can  you  wonder  that  in  the  state  of  feeling  I 
was  in  that  Sunday  morning,  dear  grandma,  when  Tom  knocked 
at  the  door  and  called  out  to  me  that  Fort  Donelson  was  sur- 
rendered, and  the  federal  army  would  .soon  be  in  Xaslu'ille,  I 
became  perfectly  frantic  with  joy  ?  I  ran  screaming  over  the 
house,  knocking  down  chairs  and  tables,  clapping  my  hands, 
and  shouting  for  the  Union  until  the  children  were  terrified, 
and  ma  and  pa  thought  I  was  delirious.  I  rushed  into  the 
parlor  and  thundered  '  Yankee  Doodle  '  on  the  piano  in  such 
a  manner  as  I  had  never  done  before.  I  caught  little  Johnnie 
up  in  my  arms  and  held  him  over  the  porch  railing  up  stairs 
until  he  hurrahed  for  the  star-spangled  banner,  Seward,  Lin- 
coln, and  McCIellaii.  Just  in  the  midst  of  these  rejoicings 
intelligence  came  that  Johnston's  army  was  fleeing  along  the 
turnpike.  Yes,  there  they  were,  retreating  most  '  valiantly.' 
Grandma,  you  never  saw  such  a  set  of  frightened  men  ;  they 
could  not  get  over  the  river  fast  enough.  I  never  bade  the 
southern  army  '  God-speed  '  but  that  once,  and  then  I  did  it 
with  my  whole  heart.  May  their  present  advance  be  success- 
ful even  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  itself!" 


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Bg  perrriission.  from  "Acme  HaversacW," | 

OH,  WRAP  MK   IX  THE  FLAG. 

Oh,   wrap  me  in  the  flag,   boys, 

When  I  am  called  to  rest. 
W^e've  fought  beneath  that  banner 

That  millions  might  be  blest  ; 
We've  borne  that  sacred  standard 

On  many  a  fiery  field, 
And  counted  it,   from  heaven. 

Our  country's  holy  shield. 

Around  me  fold  the  flag,   boys, 

When  ready   for  my  grave. 
So  we  may  sleep  with  comrades 

Who  died  the  stars  to  .save. 
We  battled  as  true  brothers 

To  keep  the  right  on  high. 
Then  let  us  sleep  together 

Where  freedom's  heroes  lie. 

Yes,   wrap  the  star-flag  o'er  me. 

That  I  may  rest  with  braves  ; 
We're  sure  the  stars  above  us 

Will  lumine  all  our  graves, 
(^ur  nation's  peerless  colors 

Were  borrowed  from  the  .skies - 
A  cheer  to  dying  martyrs. 

And  dear  to  angel  eyes. 


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No  flag  among   tlic  nations 

With  ours  nia\-  be  compared  ; 
No  banner  in  earth's  conflicts 

Has  equal  glory  shared. 
Before  it  despots  treml)le, 

Tyrants  are  filled  with  awe  ; 
It  breathes  full  inspiration 

Of  liberty  and  law. 

CoMKADic  Chaplain   K.    I));nnison. 


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By  permission,  fronri  "Acme  Haversack."] 

LET  ITS   HAVK  PEACE. 

A  quarter  of  a  century  has  passed  since  the  great  com- 
mander of  the  Union  army  received  the  surrender  of  Lee  at 
Appomattox,  and  as  he  stretched  his  hand  out  to  take  the 
hand  of  Lee,  he  said  to  him  and  to  a  weary  nation  tired  of 
war:  "Let  us  have  peace."  And  we  wish  peace  from  one 
end  of  the  land  to  the  other  ;  and  we  wish  at  the  same  time 
to  see  the  flag  we  love  revered  wherever  it  floats.  We  hope, 
too,  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  it  will  be  floating  from 
every  school-hou.se  in  the  land.  We  wish  to  see  it  enshrined 
in  the  hearts  and  in  the  homes  of  every  man,  woman,  and 
child  in  this  great  nation,  even  as  the  shadow  of  the  cross 
of  the  vSavior  is  enshrined   in   the   heart  of  the   believer. 

Gknhkal  R.  A.  Alger, 

Coriimander-in-Chief  G.  A.   R. 


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From  the  "  Toledo  Blade,"  July  31st,   1890.] 

THI-:   FLAG'S  COME  BACK  TO  TiCNNESvSEE. 

"  Move  my  arm  chair,   faithful   Pompey, 

111  the  sunlight,   clear  and  strong  ; 
For  this  world  is  fading,   Pompey, 

Massa  won't  be  with  you  long  ; 
And  I  fain  would  hear  the  south  wind 

Bring  once  more  the  sound   to  me 
Of  the  wavelets  softly  breaking 

On  the  shores  of  Tennessee. 

"  Mournful,   though,   the  ripples  murniur. 

As  they  still  the  story  tell 
How  no  vessels  float  the  banner 

That  I've  loved  so  long  and  well. 
I  shall  listen  to  their  music. 

Dreaming  that  again   I  .see 
vStars  and  stripes  on  sloop  and  shallop. 

Sailing  up  the  Tenne.s.see." 

Thus  he  watches  cloud  bow  shadows 

Glide  from  tree  to  mountain  crest. 
Softly  creeping,  aye,  and  ever. 

To  the  river's  yielding  breast. 
Ha  !  above  the  foliage  yonder 

Something  flutters,  bold  and  free  — 
"  Massa,   massa,   hallelujah  ! 

The  flag's  come  back  to  Tennessee!" 


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Pompey,  hold  me  on  your  shoulder, 

Help  me  stand  on  foot  once  more, 
That  I  may  salute  the  colors 

As  they  pass  my  cabin  door. 
Never  more  shall  treason  trail  thee, 

Glorious  emblem  of  the  free  ! 
God  and  Union  be  our  watchword 

Evermore  in  Tennessee  ! ' ' 


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NO   DKvSKCRATIOX   OF  "OLD  CxLORV." 

Congressman  Caldwell,  of  Cincinnali,  has  become  known 
as  the  champion  of  the  American  flag.  The  house,  on  Mon- 
day, September  29th,  1890,  passed  his  bill  to  protect  the  flag 
from  "defacement,  disfigurement,  or  prostitution  to  the  pur- 
poses of  advertising." 


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By  permission,  -from  "Acrrje  Ha/ersack.'J 

OUR  BANNER  OF  GLORY. 

Our  banner  of  glory   is  waving  on  high, 
Its  stars  are  as  those  of  the  even', 

And  its  stripes  like  the  mingling  hues  of  the  sky 
When  the  morning  is  blushing  in  heaven. 

That  banner,  still  radiant  and  floating  on  high, 
From  ocean  to  ocean  still  reigning. 

Shall  illumine  the  sea  and  rival  the  sky 

While  an  empire  on  earth  is  remaining. 

Wave  on  !    then,   wave  on,   thou  flag  of  the  free  ! 

Be  never  defeated,   no,   never  ! 
Triumphantl}'  wave  o'er  land  and  the  sea  ! 

Proudl}-   wave  in  th}'  glory  forever  ! 

J.   C.  O.   Redington. 


Our  banner  of  glory  is  wavirig  or^  high, 
Its  stars  are  as  thiose  of  the  everi'." 


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From  "  Historu  of  th'?  Arnencan  Flag."  I 

A  LOVKI.Y   IJAXNIiR. 

Ne'er  waved  beneath  the  golden  snn 
A  lovelier  banner  for  the  brave, 

Than  that  our  bleeding  fathers  won, 

And  proudly  to  their  children  gave. 

Its  glorious  stars  in  azure  shine. 

The  radiant  heraldry  of  heaven  ; 

Its  stripes  in  beauteous  order  twine, 
The  emblems  of  our  Union  given. 

Around  the  globe,  through  every  clime 

Where  commerce  wafts  or  man  hath  trod, 

It  floats  aloft,  unstained  with  crime, 
But  hallowed  l)y  heroic   blood. 

Anonvmous. 


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From  "The  Flag  of  l^e  United    States,"  by  Preble.] 

THE  NATIONAL  FLAG. 

There  is  the  national  flag  !  He  must  be  cold,  indeed, 
who  can  look  upon  its  folds  rippling  in  the  breeze  without 
pride  of  country.  If  he  be  in  a  foreign  land,  the  flag  is  com- 
panionship and  country  itself,  with  all  its  endearments.  Who, 
as  he  sees  it,  can  think  of  a  state  merely  ?  Whose  eye,  once 
fastened  upon  its  radiant  trophies,  can  fail  to  recognize  the 
image  of  the  whole  nation  ?  It  has  been  called  a  floating 
piece  of  poetry  ;  and  yet  I  know  not  if  it  have  any  intrinsic 
beaut}'  beyond  other  ensigns.  Its  highest  l^eauty  is  in  what 
it  symbolizes.  It  is  because  it  represents  all  that  all  gaze 
at  it  with  delight  and  reverence.  It  is  a  piece  of  bunting 
lifted  in  the  air  ;  but  it  speaks  sublimely,  and  every  part 
has  a  voice.  Its  stripes  of  alternate  red  and  white  proclaim 
the  original  union  of  thirteen  states  to  maintain  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence.  Its  stars,  white  in  a  field  of  blue, 
proclaim  that  union  of  states  constituting  our  national  con- 
stellation, which  receives  a  new  star  with  every  new  state. 
The  two  together  signify  union,  past  and  present.  The  very 
colors  have  a  language  which  was  officially  recognized  by  our 
fathers.  White  is  for  purity,  red  for  valor,  blue  for  justice  ; 
and  all  together  —  bunting,  stripes,  stars,  and  colors,  blazing 
in  the  sky  —  make  the  flag  of  our  country  ;  to  be  cherished 
by  all   hearts,    to  be   upheld  by  all  our  hands. 

Hon.  Charlhs  Sumner. 


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From  the  "  Inter-Ocear,."] 

COLORS  THAT  WILL  NOT   RUN. 

When  the  people  of  the  north  were  excited  on  the  fall 
of  Fort  Sumter,  a  New  York  sign-painter  hung  out  the  stars 
and  stripes  with  the  significant  statement  that  they  were 
"colors  warranted  not   to  run." 


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Froni   "The   FIng  of  the  United  States,"  by   Preble.] 

OUR  COUNTRY'vS  FLAG  IN  THE  WIIITK   HOUSIv 

One  of  the  flags  in  the  White  House  has  a  history  with 
which  few  are  familiar.  It  hangs  over  the  center  of  the 
largest  window  of  the  east  room,  where  it  can  be  seen  to 
the  best  advantage.  It  is  woven  of  silk  in  one  heavy  piece. 
There  is  no  seam  in  it.  Amid  the  gold  stars  appears  on  the 
field,    in   French  : 

"  Popular  subscription  to  the  Republic  of  the  United 
States.      Offered  in  memory  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  Lyons,  1865." 


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FLAG  OF  GLORY. 

Onward,   flag  of  glory,   flying, 
Higher  rise  to  fame  undying  ; 
Borne  aloft  by  freedom  now. 
Grandest  earthly  banner,   thou. 
Thine,   oh,  stars  and  stripes,  the  story 
Of  a  nation's  wondrous  glory. 
Won  from  field  and  conflict  gory, 
Symbol  of  its  power  and  worth. 

J.    I).    Pmci.i'S. 


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Copyrighte'l  liy  J.   H.    Lo.i    r,   ar\d  published  by   , 

MY   FATHER'vS  FLAG  AND   MI  NIC. 

The  Song  of  the  Sons  and  Daughters  of  Veterans. 

Oh  !  that  grand  ohl  flag  (;f  gkjry 

That  our  veteran  fathers  bore 
While  the  loj^al  hosts  were  struggling 

Through  the  crimson  storms  of  war  ! 
On  the  fiery   front  of  battle, 

See  it  flash  along  the  line  ! 
'Tis  the  old  "Star-Spangled  Banner"  — 

My  father's  flag  and  mine. 

Oh,   the  beauty  !  oh,  the  glory  ! 

That  in  radiant  splendor  shine 
In  the  old   "Star-Spangled  Banner " - 

My  father's  flag  and  mine. 

There  were  many  millions  lying 

'Neath  the  tyrants  crushing  might. 
And  their  blood  to  heaven  was  crying 

Through  that  long  and  tearful  night 
'Till  they  caught  the  light  of  freedom, 

With  its  radiance  divine, 
From  the  old  "Star-Spangled  Banner"  — 

My  father's  flag  and  mine. 

Oh  !  the  blood,   the  tears,   the  agonies 

It  in  every  fibre  holds  ! 
Oh  !  the  grand  heroic  spirits  — 

We  see  them  in  its  folds  ! 
'Tis  the  ensign  of  the  ages  I 

It  is  freedom's  gift  and  shrine  ! 
That  dear  old  ' '  Star-Spangled  Banner  ' '  - 

My  father's  flag  and  mine. 


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SONS  OF  VETERANS  AND  OUR  FLAG. 

Sons  of  Veterans,   take  the  colors, 

Never  lower  the  silken  bars  ; 
Ever  be  a  band  of  brothers, 

Rallying  'round  the  stripes  and  stars. 
Sons  of  Veterans,   we  are  growing 

Fewer,   fewer  year  by  year  ; 
Tliick  the  graves  with  colors  flowing, 

Yellow  is  the  leaf,  and  sear. 
Swear  to  keep  this  bainier  flying, 

Tho'   foreign  foe  or  traitor's  band 
Should  strew  the  fields  with  dead  and  dying, 

And  other  flags  pollute  the  land. 
Sons  of  \'eterans,   you  are  given 

That  which  all  our  hearts  revere  ; 
Though   it  should  be  rent  and  riven. 

It  will  conquer,   never  fear. 

Ct)LO.\i;i-  J.   H.   PiiiRCK 


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THK   PATRIOT'S  FLAG. 

The  true  American  patriot  is  ever  a  worshipper.  The 
starry  syniljol  of  his  country's  sovereignty  is  to  him  radiant 
with  a  diviner  glory  than  that  which  meets  his  mortal  vision. 
It  epitomizes  the  splendid  results  of  dreary  ages  and  failures 
in  human  government,  and  as  he  gazes  upon  its  starry  folds 
undulating  to  the  whispering  winds  of  the  upper  air,  it  some- 
times seems  to  his  enraptured  spirit  to  recede  further  and 
further  into  the  .soft  blue  .skies  until  the  heavens  open  and 
angel  hands  plant  it  upon  the  battlements  of  paradise.  Its 
stars  seem  real ;  its  lines  of  white  symbol  the  purity  of  his 
heroic  sires,  those  of  red  their  patriot  blood  shed  in  defense 
of  right.  To  insult  that  flag  i.s  worse  than  infamy;  to  make 
war  upon  it  worse  than  treason.  Where  that  ensign  floats, 
on  the  .sea  or  on  the  land,  it  is  to  him  the  very  political 
shekinah  of  his  love  and  faith,  luminous  with  the  presence  of 
that  God  who  conducted  our  fathers  across  the  sea  and 
through  the  fires    of  the    revolution   to    the    Pisgah  heights  of 

civil   and  religious  lil^erty. 

Newtox  Bateman. 


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From  "The  Flag  of  tlie  United  States,"  by  Preble.] 

OUR   BANNER! 

For  fifty  years,   at  fray  or  feast, 
O'er  deadly  foe  or  gentle  guest. 

Triumphantly  unfurled! 
And  fifty  more  our  flag  shall  wave 
In  memory  of  the  good  and  brave 

Who  dignified  the  world. 
And  tyranny  and  time  defy 
In  freedom's  immortality. 

A  Toast  given  by  David  Paul  Brov/q, 
Noverntter  17th,   1824. 


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THE  GLORIOUS  ENSIGN. 

Oh,   raise  that  glorious  ensign  high, 

And  let  the  nations  see 
The  flag  for  which  our  fathers  fought 

To  make  our  country  free  !  " 

Anony.mous. 


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Fiorn  "The  Flag  of  the  Uqited  States,"  by  Preble.] 

OUR  BANNER  OF  LIGHT. 

[Lines  written    on   the  suppression  of   the  au'lificatlon  f^eresy,   and   the  restoration  of 
the  star-spangled   banner  to   its  honors,    in    Ctiarleston,  S.  C,  June  28th,   1833.] 

"  Hail,   banner  of  glory!     Hail,   banner  of  light  ! 

Whose  fame  lives   in   story,   whose  folds  cheer  my  sight  ; 
Not  a  star  is  snppres'd,   not  a  stripe  has  been  torn 
From   the  flag   of  the  West,   which  onr    fathers  have    borne. 
Onr  I'nion  is  fast,    and  onr  homes  ever  snre, 
Onr  freedom  shall  last  while  the  world  shall  endnre. 
Then  hail  to  the   banner  who.se  folds  wave  in  glory. 
Let  the  free  breezes  fan  her  and   whisper    her   story  — 
The  tninult  has  ended,   the  storm's  died  away, 
The  fiend  has  descended  that  led  ns  astray  ; 
The  .sons  of  the  West  are  our  brothers  again, 
And  the  flag  of  the  blest  floats  from  Texas  to   Maine." 

J.   C.  S. 


141 


By  pei-rnission,  fi'oiTi  "Acme  Haversack."] 

THE  UNITED  STATES  FLAG  IN  KATTEE. 

During  the  war  of  the  great  rebellion  the  United  States 
flag  waved  in  the  smoke  of  2,247  battles,  and  2,690,401  men 
mustered  under  its  folds. 


142 

Writtea  by  request  for  "Our  Country's  Flag  "J 

OUR  HONORED  FLAG. 

"  A  stretch  of  buiititig  floating  o'er 

Our  heads  —  red  stripes,  on  ground  of  white  — 
A  blue  space,  like  the  sky  at  night  — 
Some  stars  in  clusters  —  nothing  more  ! 

"  Wliy  wave  your  hats?     Why  shout  with  joy? 
Why  flaunt  this  picture  to  the  breeze  ? 
An  artist's  eye  'twill   fail  to  please, 
This  flaring  gaud — this  painted  toy!" 

"  Stranger!  thou  read'st  its  legend  ill  ! 

That  canvas,   wrestling  with  the  winds, 
Holds  a  deep  meaning  for  our  minds. 
Passing  the  artist's  boasted  skill  ! 

"  That  ground  of  white  is  Time's  vast  page  — 
Those  tell-tale  lines  of  deepest  red 
The  blood  by  martyr-patriots  shed 
In  every  clime,   through  every  age  ! 

"  That  bright,   clear  space  of  azure  hue 
That  bides  apart  from  all  the  rest, 
Means  our  fair  empire  of  the  west, 
Whose  sky  of  hope  is  ever  blue  ! 

"  Those  stars  that  deck  night's  ample  breast 

Shall  glitter  on  through  countless  years  — 
While  gravitation  rules  the  spheres 
Each  orb  draws  closer  all  the  rest  ! 

"  See,  stranger  !  in  yon  flag,   unfurled. 

Life's  highest  aim,  time's  weightiest  trust ! 
For  when  that  banner  trails  in  dust 
Freedom,   faith,  hope  will  leave  the  world  !  " 

Jamks  W.  Temple. 


143 


JAMES   A.  GARFIELD   AND   OUR    FLAG. 

"I  trust  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  in  the  North 
and  South  our  people  will  sleep  in  peace  and  rise  in  liberty, 
love,  and  harmony  under  the  union  of  our  flag  of  the  stars 
and  stripes." 


144 


Frorn  "The  American  Flag,"  by  Preble.] 

OUR  GLORIOUS  FLAG. 

Oh,  glorious  flag  I  red,   white,   and  ])hie, 
Bright  emblem  of  the  pure  and  true  ; 
Oh,   glorious  group  of  clustering  stars  I 
Ve  lines  of  light,  ye  crimson  bars, 
Trampled  in  dust  by  traitor  feet. 
Once  more  your  flowing  folds  we  greet 
Triumphant  over  all  defeat  ; 
Henceforth  in  ever}-  clime  to  be. 
Unfading  scarf  of  liberty, 
The  ensign  of  the  brave  and  free. 

Hon.  Edward  J.  Preston. 


145 


Frorri  llie  "Cyclopaedia  of  British  and  Arnericaq  Pi  n  ] 

FLAG  OF   MY  COUNTRY. 

Flag-  of  1113'  couiilry  !   in   lliy   folds 

Are  wrapped  the  treasures  of  the  heart ; 

Where'er  that  waving  sheet  is  fanned 

B}^  breezes  of  the  sea  and  land, 
It  bids  the  life-blood  start. 

It  is  not  that  among  those  stars 

The  firey  crest  of  Mars  shines  out  ; 
It  is  not  that  on  battle-plain, 
'Mid  heaps  of  harnessed  warriors  slain, 
It  flaps  triumphant  o'er  the  route. 

vShort-lived  the  joy  that  conquest  yields  ; 

Flushed  victory  is  bathed  in  tears  ; 
The  burden  of  that  bloody  fame 
Which  shouting  myriads  proclaim 

Sounds  sad  to  widowed  ears. 

Thou  hast  a  deeper,  stronger  hold. 

Flag  of  ni}^  country,  on  the  heart  — 

That  when  o'er  mustered  hosts  unfurled 

Thou  art  a  signal  to  the  world 
At  which  the  nations  start. 

Thou  art  a  symbol  of  the  power 

Whose  sheltering  wings  our  homes  surround 

Guarded  by  thee  was  childhood's  morn. 

And  where  thy  cheering  folds  are  borne 

Order  and  peace  are  found. 
10 


146 

Flag  of  our  mighty  Union,   hail  ! 

Blessings  abound  where  thou  dost  float  ; 
Best  robe  for  living  freedom's  form, 
Fit  pall  to  spread  upon  her  tomb 

vShould  heaven  to  death  devote. 

Wave  over  us  iu  glory  still, 

And  be  our  guardian  as  now  ! 
Each  wind  of  heaven  salute  thy  streaks  ! 
And  withered  be  the  arm  that  seeks 

To  bring  that  l)anner  low  ! 

William  Parsons  Lunt. 


147 


Frorn  "Thie  History  of  tf^e  Americar\  Flag,"  by  Preble.] 

DEDICATION  OF  A  UNITED  STATES  FLAG  SENT 

BY  LADIES  OF  NEW  YORK  TO  THE 

SEVENTH  REGIMENT. 

The  flag  of  our  country;  what  higher  as.surauce 
Of  sympathy,   honor,  and  trust  could  we  send  ? 

The  crown  of  our  father's  unflinching  endurance, 

'Tis  the  emblem  of  all  you  have  sworn  to  defend  ; 

Of  freedom  and  progress,   with  order  combined, 

The  cause  of  the  nation,  of  God,   and  mankind. 

Anonymous. 


'  Our  flag  is  ttiere,  our  flag  is  there, 

We'll  ha"  't  with  three  loud  huzzas." 


149 


Bi|    P'-!rniis'-,inn,    frorn    "  Aimo   H^lversacU,"] 

OUR  FLAG   IS  TIIIvRlv 

Our  flag  is  there,  our  flag  is  there, 

We'll  hail  it  with  three  loud  huzzas. 
Our  flag  is  there,  our  flag  is  there. 

Behold  the  glorious  stripes  and  stars. 
Stout  hearts  have  fought  for  that  bright  flag. 

Strong  hands  upheld  it  mast-head  high, 
And  oh  !  to  see  how  proud  it  waves 

Brings  tears  of  joy  to  every  eye. 

Our  flag  is  there,  our  flag  is  there, 

We'll  hail  it  with  three  loud  huzzas. 

Our  flag  is  there,  our  flag  is  there, 

Behold  the  glorious  stripes  and  stars. 

That  flag  has  stood  the  battle's  roar. 

With  foemen  stout,  with  foemen  brave  ; 
Strong  hands  have  sought  that  flag  to  lower. 

And  found  a  sure  and  speedy  grave. 
That  flag  is  known  on  every  shore, 
-  The  standard  of  a  gallant  band. 
Alike  unstained  in  peace  and  war, 

It  floats  o'er  freedom's  happy  land. 

By  a  Naval  Offickr  in  1812. 


I50 


From   thp    ■■  IntPr-Orp-'.n."] 

THK  FLAG  RESTORED. 

General  Sherman,  on'  his  march  to  join  General  Grant, 
captured  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  on  April  14th,  1865,  the 
identical  Union  flag  which  had  been  hauled  down  at  the  sur- 
render of  Fort  Sumter,  exactly  four  years  before,  was  finally 
restored  with  befitting  ceremonies. 

The  multitude  a.ssenibled  and  sang,  "Rally  'Round  the 
Flag."  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  who  made  the  prayer  at  the  rais- 
ing of  the  flag  over  Fort  Sumter,  December  27th.  i860, 
offered  prayer,  and  pronounced  a  blessing  on  the  flag.  Gen- 
eral Town.send  read  Major  Anderson's  dispatch  announcing  the 
fall  of  Sumter.  Then  faithful  Sergeant  Hart  appeared  with 
a  carpet-bag  containing  the  identical  old  flag,  and  General 
Anderson,  after  a  brief  and  touching  address,  hoisted  it  to  the 
peak  of  the  flag-staff  amid  loud  huzzahs,  followed  by  singing 
"The  Star- Spangled  Banner."  Six  guns  on  the  old  fort  were 
then  fired  and  were  responded  to  by  all  the  batteries  that 
took  part  in  the  bombardment,  April  14th,    1861. 


151 


From  "  Patriotic  Reader."] 

E  PLURIBUS  UNUM. 

Though  many  and  bright  are  the  stars  that  ai)pear 

In  that  flag  by  our  country  unfurled, 
And  the  stripes  that  are  swelling  in  majesty  there, 

lyike  a  rainbow  adorning  the  world. 
Their  light  is  unsullied  as  those  in  the  sky, 

By  a  deed  that  our  fathers  have  done, 
And  they  are  linked  in  as  true  and  as  holy  a  tie. 

In  their  motto  of  "Many  in  One." 

From  the  hour  when  those  patriots  fearlessly  flung 

That  banner  of  starlight  abroad, 
Ever  true  to  themselves,  to  that  motto  they  clung. 

As  they  clung  to  the  promise  of  God. 
By  the  bayonet  traced  at  the  midnight  of  war, 

On  the  field  where  our  glory  was  won  — 
Oh,   perish  the  heart  or  the  hand  that  would  mar 

Our  motto  of  "Many  in  One." 

'Mid  the  smoke  of  the  conflict,  the  cannon's  deep  roar, 

How  oft  it  has  gathered  renown  ! 
While  those  stars  were  reflected  in  rivers  of  gore, 

Where  the  cross  and  the  lion  went  down  ; 
And  though  few  were  their  lights  in  the  gloom  of  that  hour. 

Yet  the  hearts  that  were  striking  below 
Had  God  for  their  bulwark,   and  truth  for  their  power. 

And  they  stopped  not  to  number  their  foe. 


152 

From  where  our  green  mountain-tops  blend  with  the  sky, 

And  the  giant  St.   Lawrence  is  rolled, 
To  the  waves  where  the  balmy  Hesperides  lie. 

Like  the  dream  of  some  prophet  of  old. 
They  conquered,  and,  dying,  bequeathed  to  our  care 

Not  their  boundless  dominion  alone. 
But  that  banner  whose  loveliness  hallows  the  air. 

And  their  motto  of  "Many  in  One." 

We  are  many  in  one  while  glitters  a  star 

In  the  blue  of  the  heavens  above. 
And  tyrants  shall  quail,   'mid  their  dungeons  afar, 

When  they  gaze  on  that  motto  of  love. 
It  shall  gleam  o'er  the  sea,   'mid  the  bolts  of  the  storm, 

Over  tempest,  and  battle,  and  wreck. 
And  flame  where  our  guns  with  their   thunder  grow  warm, 

'Neath  the  blood  of  the  slippery  deck. 

The  oppressed  of  the  earth  to  that  standard  shall  fly 

Wherever  its  folds  shall  be  spread, 
And  the  exile  shall  feel  'tis  his  own  native  sky. 

Where  its  stars  shall  wave  over  his  head  ; 
And  those  stars  shall  increase  'till  the  fullness  of  time 

Its  millions  of  cycles  have  run  — 
'Till  the  world  shall  have  welcomed  their  mission  sublime, 

And  the  nations  of  earth  shall  be  one. 

Though  the  old  Allegheny  may  tower  to  heaven. 

And  the  Father  of  Waters  divide. 
The  links  of  our  destinj'  cannot  be  riven 

While  the  truth  of  those  words  shall  abide. 
Oh,  then  let  them  glow  on  each  helmet  and  brand. 

Though  our  blood  like  our  rivers  shall  run; 
Divide  as  we  may  in  our  own  native  land. 

To  the  rest  of  the  world  we  are  one. 


153 

Then  uj)  willi  our  flag  !     I^et  it  stream  oti  tlie  air  ; 

Though  our  fathers  are  cold  in  their  graves, 
They  had  hands  that  could  strike,  they  had  souls  that  could  dare, 

And  their  sons  were  not  born  to  be  slaves. 
Up,  up  with  that  banner  !  where'er  it  may  call, 

Our  millions  shall  rally  around, 
And  a  nation  of  freemen  that  moment  shall   fall 

When  its  stars  shall  be  trailed  on  the  ground. 

George  Washington  Cutter. 


154 


A  LESSON  TO  BE  TAUGHT  IX  OUR  PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS. 

The  following  extract  is  taken  from  a  speech  delivered 
by  Dr.  Richard  Edwards,  Illinois  State  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction,    1890: 

"One  of  the  lessons  to  be  taught  in  the.se  schools  is  the 
lesson  of  patriotism.  Let  the  flag  wave  over  ever}'  school- 
house.  Let  the  children  within  its  walls  be  instructed  in  the 
principles  of  patriotism.  Let  them  recite  the  poems  which  set 
forth  the  glories  of  our  land.  Let  them  declaim  the  speeches 
which  proclaim  the  true  principles  of  its  government.  Let 
them  learn  what  the  fathers  of  the  republic  said.  Let  them 
learn  the  great  and  inspiring  facts  in  the  nation's  history. 
And  let  them  revere  the  flag.  It  is  the  symbol  of  their 
country's  greatness.  It  reminds  you  of  the  glories  of  the 
revolutionary  war.  It  reminds  you  of  the  fact  that  in  the 
greatest  civil  contest  that  was  ever  waged  on  earth  this  na- 
tion came  out  victor.  Its  power  and  its  grandeur  are  to-day 
represented  by  the  stars  and  stripes.  Let  the  children  read  in 
the  RED  of  the  flag  the  stor}'  of  the  precious  blood  that  has 
been  shed  in  defense  of  the  nation's  liberties  and  the  nation's 
existence.  Let  them  discern  in  its  glorious  blue  the  purity 
of  the  principles  on  which  it  is  founded,  the  heavenly,  the 
inspiring  sentiments  which  have  animated  her  sons  and  daugh- 
ters in  all  trying  times.  And  let  them  read  in  the  white 
the  lofty  purity  of  those  principles,  their  tendency  to  uplift 
and  cleanse  humanity,  their  mighty  influence  in  regenerating 
the  race." 


155 

From  "Acme  Haversack,  bg  permission."] 

OUR  FLAG,  OUR   PRIDK. 

Our  pride  and  cheer  is  our  flag  so  dear, 

Our  stars  and  stripes  all  glorious  ; 
For  far  and  near  all  the  nations  hear 

That  it  always  is  victorious. 

Let  us  all  renew  to  the  red,  white,   and  blue 

Full  measure  of  devotion  ; 
Ever  shall  it  wave  o'er  our  land  of  the  brave. 

All  free  to  the  farthest  ocean. 

Once  England  ro.se,  as  the  proudest  of  foes, 
With   her  navy  to  crush  our  nation  ; 

But  true  hist'ry  shows  Yankee  pluck  that  opposed 
Was  the  best  in  the  whole  creation. 

The  reason,  you  see,  is  our  men  are  free  ; 

This  fact  ev'ry  heart  is  firing  ; 
And  so  mightily  it  will  alwa3'S  be 

Invincible,  inspiring. 

Flag  of  the  free  !  evermore  to  be 

Triumphant  in  its  glory  ; 
How,  as  queen  of  the  sea,  it  has  made  foes  flee. 

Is  the  grandest  of  all  earth's  stor\-. 

Our  people,  too,   now  are  wholl)'  true 

To  the  flag  so  well  defended  ; 
We  are  all  true  blue,  loyal  through  and  through, 

Civil  war  is  forever  ended. 

J.  C.  O.  Redingtox. 


is6 


THE  FLAG  OF  SUMTER  AND  FINAL  UNION. 

Oh,  see  you  our  flag  in  the  breeze  floating  bright 

On  the  walls  of  Fort  Sumter,  as  the  daj'  is  declining  ? 

How  proudly  it  waves  as  its  stripes  catch  the  light  ! 
What  a  glory  of  stars  in  its  azure  is  shining  ! 

There  was  woe  in  the  land  for  the  loss  of  brave  men 
Ere  the  flag  o'er  that  fort  was  seen  flying  again  ; 
But  thence  came  a  Union  more  firm  than  before, 
One  nation  for  aye,  and  one  flag  evermore  ! 

Anonymous. 


157 


A  FLAG  OF   1776  AT  THE  CENTENNIAL,    1876. 

At  the  Centennial  exhibition  at  Philadelphia  in  187^  a 
reprodtiction  of  the  Union  flag  raised  at  Cambridge  in  1776 
was  hoisted  over  the   old  vState  House,  January'   ist,    1S76. 


158 

By  permission,  from  "Acme  Haversack."] 

THE  HALLOWED  FLAG. 

Our  flag,   mure  than  one  hundred  years 

Unfurled  'mid  storm  and  sun  — 
The  flag  the  t}  rant  hates  and  fears. 

Shall  ne'er  be  undone. 
Stand  b}'  the  flag  while  life  remains, 

For  it  man  every  gun  ; 
Beneath  its  folds,  on  battle-plains, 

Our  Union  grand  was  won. 

From  sire  to  son,  the  flag  hand  down, 
And  follow  where  it  waves  ; 

Unsullied  be  its  fair  renown, 

Hallowed  our  heroes'  graves. 

God  bless  our  flag  of  stripes  and  stars, 

Proud  symbol  of  the  free  ; 
No  stain  its  dazzling  record  mars, 

Honored  on  land  and  sea. 
From  eastern  wave  to  western  strand. 

Forever  may  it  be 
Emblem  of  freedom  pure  and  grand. 

Symbol  of  liberty. 

We'll  ne'er  give  up  our  flag  of  fame, 

God  speed  its  onward  way  ; 
Dishonored  be  the  hand  and  name 

That  e'er  disowns  its  sway. 
Beneath  the  starry  banner's  sweep. 

Waiting  the  judgment  day. 
Four  hundred  thousand  heroes  sleep. 

Who  fell  before  the  grav. 


159 

Holy  with  ineniories  pure  and  grand, 

Baptized  with  blood  and  tears, 
Triumphant  o'er  our  rescued  land, 

Wave  on  a  thousand  years. 
True  patriots  all  would  dare  to  die 

Where  bright  our  flag  appears  ; 
And  prouder  yet  'twill  kiss  the  sky, 

After  a  thousand  years. 

Prop.  J.  riow.\RD  Wkkt. 


i6o 


HRAVr:  WORDS. 

"Lay   me  down,   and  save  the  flag." 

Colonel  J.vmks  Mulligan. 

Words  spoken  as  he  was  beirig  carried  wounded 

from  the  battle-field,  July  24th,  1864. 


t6i 


Froin   "  Acrrie  Hnversnck."   bi|  porrriissionl 

THI<:  FLAG  WITH  FORTY-TWO  vSTARS. 

Of  all  the  mighty  nations  in  the  east  or  in  the  west, 
Columbia  is  the  grandest  and  the  free-est  and  the  best ; 
Her  sacrifice  for  liberty  astounded  all  the  world, 
And   taught  the  wondrous    meaning  of  the  stars  and  stripes 
luifurled. 

Then  cheer  the  flag  !     Glorious  flag  !  flag  of  the  free  ! 

Let  us  all  to-day  renew  our  loyalty  ! 

Only  thirteen  stars  at  first  appeared  to  view. 

But  now  the  might}-  banner  proudly  carries  forty-two. 

A  quarter-century  has  passed,  of  progress  wondrous,  grand. 
And  valiant  deeds  have  made  us  now  at  head  of  nations  stand  ; 
All  heed  the  people's  uttered  will,  in  grand,   resistless  vow. 
We  love   "Old  Glory"   more  and  more,   and  we'll  stand  by  it 
now. 

Now  let  ev'ry  happy  one    remember  what    our    land    has  cost, 
How  for  Union's  preservation  many  noblest  lives  were  lost  ; 
And  pledge  anew  to  liberty  an  earnest,  loyal  heart. 
That  ev'ry  day,  both  young  and  old,  we'll  do  a  patriot's  part. 

J.  C.  O.  Rkdixgtox. 


l62 


From  "The  Flag  of  the  United  States,"  by  Preble.] 


EXTRACT  FROM    HONORABLE   EDWARD  EVERETT'S 

ELOQUENT  SPEECH  AT  A  FLAG-RAISING 

IN   BOSTON,    1 86 1. 

"We  set  up  this  standard,"  he  said,  "not  as  a  matter  of 
display,  but  as  an  expressive  vindication  that  in  the  mighty 
struggle  which  has  been  forced  upon  us  we  are  of  one  heart 
and  mind  —  that  the  government  of  the  country  must  be  sus- 
tained." -'■  *  *  *  "Why  is  it,"  he  continued, 
"  that  the  flag  of  the  country,  always  honored,  always  beloved, 
is  now  at  once  worshipped,  I  may  say,  with  the  passionate 
homage  of  this  whole  people  ?  Why  does  it  float,  as  never 
before,  not  merely  from  arsenal  and  mast-head,  but  from  tower 
and  steeple,  from  public  edifices,  the  temples  of  science,  the 
private  dwellings,  in  magnificent  display  of  miniature  present- 
ment? Let  Fort  Sumter  give  the  answer.  When  on  this  day 
fortnight,  the  13th  of  April  (a  day  forever  to  be  held  in 
auspicious  remembrance,  like  the  dies  Allieusis  in  the  an- 
nals of  Rome),  the  tidings  spread  through  the  land  that  the 
standard  of  united  America,  the  pledge  of  her  union  and  the 
symbol  of  her  power,  for  which  so  many  gallant  hearts  had 
poured  out  their  life's  blood  on  the  ocean  and  the  land  to  up- 
hold, had,  in  the  harbor  of  Charleston,  been  for  a  day  and  a 
half  the  target  of  eleven  fratricidal  batteries,  one  deep,  unani- 
mous, spontaneous  feeling  shot  with  the  tidings  through  the 
breasts  of  twenty  millions  of  freemen  that  its  outraged  honor 
must  be  vindicated." 


,A^ 

;:>*'•'  .^i! 


..  Why  is  it  that  the  flag  of  the  country,  always  honored,  always  beloved, 
is  now  at  oace  wo.sh.pped,  1  may  say.  with  the  passionate  homage  of  th,s 
whole  people?" 


164 


From  ■•Acrne  Haversack,"  by  perrnissc 

FLAG  OF  YANK  HE  DOODLK. 

In  those  old  daj-s  of  seventy-six 

There  was  a  great  commotion  ; 
When  Johnny  Bull  thought  he  would  fix 

Things  here  more  to  his  notion. 
He  said  it  was  a  stupid  rag 

The  Yankees  were  a-flying  ; 
But  Yankee  Doodle  said,   "That  flag 

Was  never  made  for  dying!" 

Yankee  Doodle's  glorious  flag, 
Yankee  Doodle  Dandy, 

Floats  from  freedom's  vict'ry  crag, 
Old  Yankee  Doodle  Dandy  ! 

Some  other   fellows   thought   they'd  try 

This  flag   to  pull  to  pieces  ; 
They  found  it  vain,   so  said   "good-bye! 

With  us  disunion  ceases." 
Our  boys  struck  back  with  victor's  whack 

And   .said,    "This  flag  we're  saving! 
The  Yankee  Jack  has  got  a  knack 

Of  keeping  up  a  waving." 

Anonymous. 


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Frorn  "The  Flag  o1  the  Uqited  States,"  by   Pieble.] 

SAVED  BY  SINGING  THE  STAR-SPANGLED 
BANNER. 

After  the  battle  of  Belmont  a  wounded  man,  with  both 
legs  nearly  shot  off,  was  found  in  the  woods  singing  the 
"Star-Spangled  Banner;"  but  for  this  circumstance  the  sur- 
geons say  they  would  not  have  discovered  him. 


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Bm  r'prmis«.ion,  from   '■Acnr|0  Haversack."] 

THE  BANNER  OF  THE  UNION. 

Bring  the   good  old  banner,   boys,   the    flag   our  fathers  bore  ! 
Let  it  float  across  the  land  and  shimmer  on   the  shore. 
Liberty   is  marching  on  to  many  conquests  more. 
Bearing  the  banner  of  the  Union. 

Hurrah  !  hurrah  !  we'll  bring  the  jubilee  ; 
Hurrah  !   hurrali  !  the  flag  that  makes  us  free; 
So  we'll  sing  the  chorus  of  truth  and  liberty, 
Bearing  the  banner  of  the  Union. 

How  the  nation  thundered  when  that  flag  was  menaced  long  ; 
How  the  boys  enlisted   and    the   girls  grew  bold   and  strong  ; 
How  the  hosts  of  victory  triumphant  swept  along, 
Bearing  the  banner  of  the  Union. 

Rally   'round  the  colors,   boys,    and  keep  them   at  the  fore, 
Take  your  stand  for  liberty   and  fight  her  battles  o'er, 
True  to  home  and  freedom,    ever  loyal  to  the  core, 
Bearing  the  banner  of  the  Union. 

Kate  Bkownlee  Sherwood. 


167 


From  "History  of  tlie  Uqited  States  Flag,"  bg  Preble.] 

ITALIANS  HONORING  OUR  FLAG. 

In  May,  1848,  when  the  Italian  tri-colored  banner  was 
consecrated  by  the  Patriarch  of  \^enice,  in  that  city,  the  Ameri- 
can consul  was  the  only  foreign  diplomat  invited  to  be  pres- 
ent. In  the  course  of  the  ceremonies  the  commander  of  the 
troops  called,  "Attention!  Honor  the  flag  of  the  United 
States  of  America!"  At  which  the  multitude  shouted  their 
applause  with  cries  of  "Long  live  our  sister  republic!"  The 
people  of  all  classes  and  conditions,  soldiers  and  civilians, 
nearest,  embraced  the  consul,  and  kissed  the  star-spangled 
banner,  pressed  it  to  their  hearts,  while  the  many,  with 
moistened  eyes,  reached  their  hats  through  the  crowd  merely 
to  touch  it,  exclaiming,  "Viva  il  Console!"  "  Vivano  gli 
Stati  Uniti!"      "Viva  la  gran   Republica  !  " 


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From   "The  American  Flag,"  by  Preble.] 

THE  HERALDRY  OF  THE  AMERICAN  FLAG. 

When  kingly   presumption  loosed  war's  desolation, 

To  sweep  o'er  Columbia  and  sully   her  charms, 
Our  fathers  united  to  form  us  a  nation. 

And  symboled  it  well  in  our  blazon  of  arms. 
Their  homes  were  thirteen,  so  they  followed  that  number  — 

Seven   red  and  six   white,    in  a  series  of  bars  ; 
And,   painting  love's  vigilance,    foreign  to  slumber  — 

They  chose  a  blue  quarter  with  thirteen  white  stars. 

Thirteen  blazed  at  once  in   their  new  constellation. 
The  daughters  of  freedom,    a  star  for  each  mate  ; 

A   new  silver  star  is  the  fine  augmentation 

Of  honor  they  granted   for  every  new  state. 

They  named  no  abatement  in  view  of  secession, 

But  bound  us,  their  children,   to  foster  the  trust. 

The  white  of  the  field  proved  their  hate  of  oppression, 

Their  passion  for  peace  and  abhorrence  of  war  ; 
The  red,   in  excess,   warned  o'erweening  aggression 

It  aye  .should  be  met  and  repulsed  from   their  shore. 
Truth   shines  in  the  quarter  thus  tinctured  of  heaven  ; 

Youth  and  strength  light  the  stars  that  have  ne'er  paled 
or  set. 
Year  by  year  they  increase  —  may  God  grant  that  their  levin, 

Extending,   shall  re-youth   the  continents  yet. 


169 

So   fashioned   our  lathers   the   flag   of   the   Uni(jn, 

Which   glads  every  wave  of  the  world-lashing  sea  — 

Revered  by  each   man   in   our  patriot  communion  — 
The  handsomest  banner  that  rides  on  the  breeze. 

With  this  sign  they  conquered.     'Midst  cannon   and  mortar, 
Sword,    musket,    and  rifle,  still  glitters  this  shield  ; 

A  people  who  stoop  to  no  nation  for  quarter, 

A   field  present  ever  where  foes  are  afraid. 

As  the  stars  and   the  stripes  are  our  states  interwoven. 

Having  grown  thus  from  weakness  to  far-spreading  might, 

Then   perish  the  villain  who,  wanting  them  cloven, 

Would  quench  their  resplendence  in   treachery's  night  ! 

Charles  J.  Lukens. 


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THE  COLORS   IN  OUR   FLAG  — WHAT  THKY 
REPRESENT. 

The  red,  white,    and   blue  in  the   United  States  flag  rep- 
resent courage,    integrity,   steadfastness,   love,    and   purpose. 


171 

By  peiinissioo,  fiorn  "Acme  Ha/ersack."] 

FREEDOM'S   FLAG. 

Our  country's  flag,  oh,  enibletn  dear 

Of  all  the  soul  loves  best  ! 
What  glory  in  thy  folds  appear 

Let  noble  deeds  attest ; 
Thy  presence  on  the  field  of  strife 

Enkindles  valor's  flame  ; 
Around  thee  in  the  hour  of  peace 

We  twine  our  nation's  fame. 

Beneath  th}^  rays  our  fathers  bled 

In  freedom's  holy  cause  ; 
Where'er  to  heaven  thy  folds  outspread. 

Prevail  sweet  freedom's  laws. 
Prosperity  has  marked  thy  course 

O'er  all  the  land  and  sea, 
Th}^  favored  sons  in  distant  climes 

Still  fondly  look  to  thee. 

Proud  banner  of  the  noble  free, 

Emblazoned  from  on  high  ! 
Long  may  thy  folds  unsoiled  reflect 

The  glories  of  the  sky  ! 
Long  may  thy  land  be  freedom's  land. 

Thy  homes  with  virtue  bright, 
Thy  sons  a  brave,  united  band. 

For  God,   for  truth,   and  right  ! 

Then  hurrah  !  hurrah  !  for  freedom's  flag. 
We  hail  with  ringing  cheers 

Its  glowing  bars  and  clustering  stars. 
That  have  braved  a  hundred  years. 

GlEBKL. 


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THE  FLAG  AND  THE  UNION. 

We  join  ourselves  to  no  party  that  does  not  carry  the  flag 
and  keep  step  to  the  music  of  the  Union. 

RuFUS  Choatk. 


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From  the   "  Iritor-O'-oan,"] 

THH    I'lRST  UNION   FLAG   OVICR    Till.;  CAI'ITOT, 

OF  TIIK  CONFICDERACY  AFTICR  THF 

SURRENDER. 

The  first  Union  flag  hoisted  over  the  Capitol  of  the  Con- 
federacy upon  the  surrender  of  Richmond.  Virginia,  was  the 
garrison  flag  of  the  Twelfth  Maine  Regiment,  and  had  floated 
over  the  St.  Charles  hotel,  New  Orleans,  when  that  building 
was  General  Butler's  headquarters.  It  had  been  brought  to 
Virginia  by  General  Shepley,  who  hoped  to  raise  it  over  the 
surrendered  city  of  Richmond,  also.  He  gave  it  in  charge  of 
Lieutenant  Johnston  L.  I)e  Peyster,  a  young  man  eighteen 
years  of  age,  and  a  member  of  General  Weitzel's  staff.  The 
young  Lieutenant  carried  the  flag  on  the  pummel  of  his  saddle 
for  several  days,  expecting  daily  to  take  part  in  the  assault 
upon  the  city.  On  April  3d,  1865,  at  about  8:30  o'clock  in 
the  morning,  he,  assisted  by  Captain  Loomis  L.  Langdon,  of 
General  Weitzel's  staff,  raised  the  historic  banner  over  the 
captured  Capitol  of  the  Confederacy. 


174 

By  permission,  fron\  "Acme  Haversack."] 

OUR  STAR-SPANGLED  BANNER  FOREVER. 

W'c  sing  of  Ihe  Union,   the  Uni(jn  we  love, 
The  Union  that  notliing  shall  sever. 

We  sing  of  our  banner,  free,   floating  above  ; 
Undinimed  nia\'  it  wave  on  forever  ! 

Serene  'mid  the  nations  Columbia  stands, 

United,  unrivalled  as  ever  ; 
Our  Union  of  states,  of  hearts,  and  of  hands, 

And  our  star-spangled  batuier  forever  ! 

We  sing  of  our  Union  made  perfect  again  — 

Our  Union  all  rupture  defying  ; 
We  sing  of  our  flag,  on  the  land,   o'er  main, 

Triumphant  o'er  head  it  is  flying. 

We  sing  of  our  Union,  our  Union  renewed. 

Cemented  more  firmly  than  ever. 
We  sing  of  the  flag  loyal  blood  has  imbued  — 

A  star  shall  be  torn  from  it  never  ! 

We  sing  of  the  Union  we  live  in'  to-day, 
The  stronger  since  its  recent  saving. 

The  "Yank"  of  the  blue,   and  the  "  Johnny  "  of  gray 
Both  are  glad  the  old  flag  is  waving. 

In  letters  of  gold  on  fame's  scroll  shall  appear 

To  all  future  ages  the  story. 
Three  cheers  for  the  Unicjn,  our  Union  so  dear. 

Three  cheers  for  our  star-flag,   "Old  Glory  !" 

Nellie  Griswold  Johnson. 


175 


FroiTi  "  History  of  tf^e  American  Flag,"  by  Preble.) 

MONEY  BIvQUEATHKD  FOR  l-LAGS. 

Soon  after  the  close  of  the  war  Jacob  Foss,  a  citizen  of 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  bequeathed  to  that  city  several 
thousand  dollars,  the  interest  to  be  expended  in  United  States 
flags.  No  mottoes  are  to  be  emblazoned  on  these  flags,  nor 
are  they  to  be  used  for  party  purposes  ;  but  on  all  important 
occasions  of  a  national  character  they  are  to  be  hoisted  to 
the  breeze  and  kept  flying. 


So,  under  one  banner  united, 
Tliough  natives  of  different  lairds.' 


177 


Blj  permission  of  the  Peinsyivania  Pubiisliing  Co.] 

Ahh  ONE  UNDER  THE  STARS  AND  vSTRIPES. 

So,   under  one  l)aniifr  united, 

Though  natives  of  different  lands, 
Our  faith  to  our  country  is  plighted. 

We  giv^e  it  our  hearts  and  our  hands. 
A  Union  that  time  shall  not  sever, 

Whose  pledges  to-day  we  renew. 
The  star-spangled  banner  forever  ! 

Three  cheers  for  the  red,   white,  and  blue. 

Anonymous. 


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Frorn  t\r[e  "Century"  Magaizine.] 

A  MONOPOLY  OF  THK  FLAG. 

It  is  the  right  of  the  American  people  to  enjoy  a  mon- 
opoly for  their  own  flag  within  their  own  jurisdiction  ;  it  is 
the  right,  and  should  be  the  duty,  of  those  who  follow  other 
flags  to  follow  them  elsewhere. 


179 


By  permission  of  the  Author.] 

YES  !   OUR  FLAG  IS  STILL  ADVANCING. 

Is   "our  banner"  still  advancing? 

Hear  the  loyal  hosts  exclaim, 
While  the  ralljnng  ranks  of  freedom 

Onward  dash,   'mid  smoke  and  flame. 
Onward  up  the  fort-ribbed  mountain, 

'Gainst  the  leaden  storm  they  passed, 
'Till  the  grand  old  flag  of  freedom 

Waved  in  triumph  o'er  its  crest ! 

Yes  !     Our  flag  is  still  advancing  ! 

See  !     It  mounts  toward  the  sun  ! 
Rebel  legions  dash  against  it, 

But  it  still  keeps  moving  on  ! 
Traitors  aim  their  deadl)^  missiles, 

Monarchs  frown  across  the  main, 
But  the  foe  of  human  freedom 

xAims  and  frowns  and  strikes  in  vain  ! 

Is  "our  banner"  still  advancing? 

Gasped  the  soldier  as  he  died. 
While  the  blood  his  heart  was  yielding 

Trickled  down  the  mountain  side. 
But  his  comrades  hurried  onward, 

'Till  the  mountain  top  thej^  trod  ! 
They  have  scaled  that  dreaded  mountain. 

He  has  scaled  the  ' '  mount  of  God  ! ' ' 


I  So 

Yes!     "Our  flag"   is  still  advancing! 

As  yon  radiant  orl)  of  day, 
Mounting  to  its  heavenly  zenith, 

Makes  the  shadows  fade  away  — 
So  "our  flag"   dispels  oppression; 

Lo  !     'Tis  freedom's  rising  sun. 
Earth's  last  fetter  shall  be  broken, 

E'er  its  radiant  race  is  run. 

Is  "our  banner"   still  advancing? 

Rings  the  echo  through  the  air  ; 
Well  may  freemen  swell  that  chorus, 

All  their  hopes  are  centered  there. 
Bear  aloft  that  grand  "old  banner," 

While  our  rallying  hosts  repeat  : 
This  shall  be  our  nation's  glory, 

Or  our  nation's  winding  sheet  !  " 

Yes!     "  Our  flag  "   is  still  advancing! 

How  these  words  our  bosoms  thrill  ! 
May  our  sons  in  coming  ages 

Keep  that  flag  advancing  still  — 
'Till  o'er  all  this  vast  dominion, 

Where  the  foot  of  man  hath  trod, 
All  shall  bow  'neath  freedom's  banner. 

All  shall  worship  freedom's  God  ! 

Still  advancing,  higher  !  higher  ! 

Shout  ye  loyal  !     Shout  ye  brave  ! 
Tyrants,  let  your  hope  expire 

When  you  see  that  bainier  wave  ! 
vStill  advancing  !     Oh  !  we  hail  thee  ! 

In  th}-  grandeur  ever  wave  ! 
Perish  all  who  dare  assail  thee. 

Grand  old  banner  of  the  brave  ! 

Chai'L.\in  Lozikk. 


i8i 


By  pernriissioa  of  the  Pennsylvania  Publishing  Co.] 

STAND  BY  OUR  COUNTRY'S  FLAG. 

Stand  b)'  the  flag,   its  folds  have  streamed  in  glory, 
To  foes  a  fear,   to  friends  a  festal  robe. 

And  spread  in  rhythmic  lines  the  .sacred  story 
Of  freedom's  triumph  over  all  the  globe. 

Stand  by  the  flag,   on  land,  on  ocean  billow. 

By  it  your  fathers  stood,  unmoved  and  true  ; 

Living,   defended  ;  dying,   from  their  pillows. 

With  their  last  blessing,  passed  it  on  to  you. 

Stand  by  the  flag,   though  death-shot  'round  it  rattle. 
And  underneath  its  waving  folds  have  met. 

In  all  the  dread  array  of  sanguine  battle. 

The  quivering  lance  and  glistening  bayonet. 

Stand  by  the  flag,   all  doubt  and  treason  scorning, 
Believe,  with  courage  firm  and  faith  sublime, 

That  it  will  float  until  the  eternal  morning 
Pales  in  its  glories  all  the  lights  of  time. 

Anonymous. 


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Frorri  "The  Flag  o)  the  Uaited  States,"  by  Preble.] 

THE  BEAUTIES  OF  THE  AMERICAN  FLAG. 

I  have  seen  the  glories  of  art  and  architecture,  and  moun- 
tain and  river  ;  I  have  seen  the  sun  set  on  Jungfrau,  and  the 
full  moon  rise  over  Mount  Blanc ;  but  the  fairest  vision  on 
which  these  eyes  ever  looked  was  the  flag  of  my  country  in 
a  foreign  land.  Beautiful  as  a  flower  to  those  who  love  it, 
terrible  as  a  meteor  to  those  who  hate  it ;  it  is  the  symbol  of 
the  power  and  glory  and  the  honor  of  fifty  millions  of  Ameri- 
cans. 

George  F.  Hoar,   1877. 


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By  permission,  (ronr\  "Acrrie  Haversactt."] 

OUR  GRAND  OLD   FLAG. 

Children,  see  that  grand  old  banner 

That  in   "sixty-one" 
Waved  above  the  walls  of  Sumter, 

Where  the  war  begun. 

See  our  flag  so  grandly  waving, 
Kmblem  of  the  free  ! 

Every  star  and  stripe  proclaiming 
Land  of  lii)erty  ! 

Every  stripe  records  a  blessing, 

Every  star  a  state 
Of  our  Union  still  progressing, 

Free  from  brother's  hate. 

Now  in  peace  it  smiles  upon  us 

From  its  glorious  height. 
Promising  us  future  vict'ry 

Since  our  cause  is  right. 

Oh  !  revere  that  grand  old  bainier. 

That  from  "sixty-one," 
Sires  so  nobly  battled  under 

'Till  the  war  was  done. 

J.   P.   Martin. 


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A  MEMORABLE  COMMAND. 

"If  any   one   attempts  to  haul    down   the   American    flag, 

shoot  him  on  the  spot." 

John  A.   Dix. 

January  29th,   1861. 


i'\S 


From  "The  Flag  of  thje  United  States,"  by  Preble.] 

OUR  COUNTRY'S  FLAG  IN   SWITZERLAND. 

At  Geneva,  Switzerland,  it  was  pleasant  to  American  eyes, 
sailing  across  Lake  Lenian,  on  the  Fourth  of  Jul}-,  to  see 
"Old  Glory"  floating  merrily  out.  Not  one  .solitary  flag,  but 
the  buildings  far  and  near  flaunted  the  stars  and  stripes.  One 
hotel  was  fairly  draped  with  our  banner.  "We  will  follow 
the  flag,"  said  one  of  our  party,  and  to  the  Grand  Hotel  de 
La  Paix  we  went,  and  quite  a  bit  of  a  Fourth  of  July  we 
had  among  the  Alps.  The  landlord  surprised  us  on  going 
down  to  dinner  with  a  magnificent  banquet.  Waiters,  deco- 
rated with  a  rosette  of  red,  white,  and  blue,  ushered  us  into 
the  hall ;  bouquets  and  silk  American  flags,  with  every  star 
in  its  place,  enlivened  the  table,  and  no  sooner  were  we  seated 
than  a   concealed   band  of  music  struck   up    our   national  airs. 


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From  "Acme  Haversack,"  by  perrnission.] 

OUR  ]^ATTLE-FLAGS. 

Nothing  but  flags  —  but  simple  flags, 
Tattered  and  torn,  hanging  in  rags  ; 
We  walk  beneath  with  careless  tread, 
Nor  think  of  hosts  of  mighty  dead 
Who've  trod  beneath  in  days  gone  by. 
With  burning  cheek  and  eager  eye, 
And  bathed  the  folds  in  life's  red  tide. 
And  dying  blessed,   and  blessing  died. 

Nothing  but  flags  —  they're  bathed  in  tears  ; 
They  tell  of  triumphs,   hopes,  and  fears  ; 
Of  mother's  prayers  for  bo}'  away. 
That  he  return  some  coming  day. 
Silent,  they  speak,   and  tears  will  start ; 
We  see  them  now  with  aching  heart. 
And  think  of  those  who' re  ne'er  forgot  — 
Their  flags  came  home,  wh}'  come  they  not  ? 

Nothing  but  flags  —  we  hold  our  breath 
And  view  with  awe  those  types  of  death. 
Nothing  but  flags,  yet  thoughts  will  come. 
The  heart  must  pray,   though  lips  be  dumb  ! 
They're  sacred,   pure  ;    we  see  no  stain 
On  those  loved  flags,  come  home  again  ; 
Baptized  in  blood,  our  purest,   best, 
Tattered  and  torn,   they're  now  at  rest. 

Moses  G.  Owen. 


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By  perrnissiori,  frorn  "Acme  Haversnck."] 

THK  NATION'S  FIRM  BULWARK —  TllK   SONS 
OF  VETERANS. 

The  Sons  of  Veterans  is  the  most  patriotic  and  unselfish 
organization  on  God  Ahnighty's  footstool.  The  proudest  title 
on  earth  is  that  of  an  American  citizen.  The  most  unselfish 
patriot  in  the  world  is  the  Union  soldier.  He  gave  his  home 
and  life  in  defense  of  his  country.  The  proudest  inheritance 
is  that  of  a  son  who.se  father  wore  the  blue.  The  people  in 
the  old  countries  are  proud  of  their  blue  blood,  but  the  old 
blue  coat  our  fathers  wore  is  aristocracy  enough  for  us.  We 
would  have  mankind  remember  that  in  rivulets  of  blood  on 
.southern  battle-fields  our  fathers  established  the  proposition  that 
there  is  room  for  but  one  flag  in  their  country,  and  that  is 
the  stars  and  stripes.  Any  other  flag,  whether  it  be  the  red 
rag  of  anarchy  or  the  stars  and  bars  of  the  rebellion,  must 
come  down.  It  will  be  a  sad  day  for  this  nation  when  it 
forgets  that  the  flaunting  of  the  red  flag  of  anarchy  by  the 
mob  or  the  waving  of  the  stars  and  bars  over  the  grave  of  a 
rebel  chief  is  damnable  treason.  So  long  as  the  rebel  flag  is 
waved  from  the  housetops,  so  long  as  the  sons  of  confederate 
soldiers  organize  to  perpetuate  the  memories  of  the  war  from 
their  point  of  view,  and  teach  treason  to  their  children,  just 
so  long  will  it  be  the  duty  of  the  sons  of  Union  soldiers  to 
organize  for  the  purpose  of  perpetuating  the  glories  of  the 
principle  for  which  they  fought.  The  Sons  of  Veterans  are 
organized  to  keep  green  the  graves  of  the  veterans,  to  care 
for  the    helpless  veterans  and    their   families,   and   to  inculcate 


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the  principles  of  liberty  in  the  minds  of  the  people.  We 
know  no  North  or  South,  and  recognize  only  loyalty  to  the 
flag.  As  the  decimated  ranks  of  the  veterans  sweep  down  the 
western  slope  we  are  rushing  up  the  eastern  hillside,  ready 
to  take  the  flag  from  tired  hands  and  preserve  it  unsullied  to 
the  end.  We  have  forty  thousand  men  at  present  drilled  and 
equipped,  who  are  ready  for  action  at  the  .shortest  possible 
notice,  and  the  other  sixty  thousand  of  the  one  hundred  thous- 
and meml)ership  will,  if  danger  calls,  be  only  a  few  hours  in 
securing  arms  to  start  for  the  nation's  defense. 

Charles  F.  Griffin, 

CoTimarider-iri-Chief  of  Sons  of  Veterans. 


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Frorn  "  Thie  Civil  War  iri  Song  and  Story."] 

GOV.  YATES  AND  THE  AMERICAN   FI.AG. 

Governor  Yates,  of  Illinois,  received  a  letter  from  a  town 
ill  the  southern  part  of  the  state,  in  which  the  writer  com- 
plained that  traitors  in  his  town  had  cut  down  the  American 
flag,  and  asked  what  ought  to  Ije  done  in  the  premises.  The 
Governor  promptl}'   wrote  him  as  follows  : 

"Whenever  3'ou  raise  the  flag  on  your  own  soil  or  on 
the  public  property  of  the  state  or  country,  or  at  any  public 
celebration,  from  honest  love  to  that  flag  and  patriotic  devo- 
tion to  the  country  which  it  symbolizes,  and  any  traitor  dares 
to  lay  his  unhallowed  hand  upon  it  to  tear  it  down,  then  I 
say  shoot  him  down  as  you  would  a  dog,  and  I  will  pardon 
you   for  the  offense." 


190 


Frorri  "Tf^e  Civil  War  in  Song  and  Story."] 

UNDER  THE  FLAG  OF  OUR  FATHERS. 

Soldiers  are  we  from  the  mountain  and  valley, 
Soldiers  are  we  from  the  hill  and  the  plain  ; 

Under  the  flag  of  our  fathers  we  rally  ; 
Death  for  its  sake  is  but  living  again. 

We  have  a  history  told  of  our  nation, 

We  have  a  name  that  must  never  go  down  ; 

Heroes  achieved  it  through  toil  and  privation  ; 
Bear  it  on  bright  with  its  ancient  renown  ! 

Who  that  shall  dare  say  the  flag  waving  o'er  us, 
Which  floated  in  glory  from  Texas  to  Maine, 

Must  fall,  where  our  ancestors  bore  it  before  us, 
Writes  his  own  fate  on  the  roll  of  the  slain. 

Look  at  it,  traitors,  and  blush  to  behold  it  ! 

Ouail  as  it  fla.shes  its  stars  in  the  sun  ! 
Think  you  a  hand  in  the  nation  will  fold  it. 

While  there's  a  hand  that  can  level  a  gun? 

Carry  it  onward,   till  victory  earn  it 

The  rights  it  once  owned  in  the  land  of  the  free, 
Then  in  God's  name,   in  mir  fury  we'll  turn  it 

Full  on  the  treachery  over  the  sea  ! 

Peace  shall  unite  us  again  and  forever, 

Though  thousands  lie  cold  in  the  graves  of  these  wars. 
Those  who  sur\-ive  them  shall  never  prove,  never. 

False  to  the  flag  of  the  stripes  and  the  stars  ! 

George  H.  Boker. 


191 


From  "  Thje  Civil  War  iri  Song  aqd  Story."] 

RALLY  'ROUND  OUR  FLAG. 

Rally   'round  the  flag,  boys  — 

Give  it  to  the  breeze  ! 
That's  the  banner  we  love 

On  the  land  and  seas. 

Jirave  hearts  are  under  it, 

Let  the  traitors  brag  ; 
Gallant  lads,   fire  away  ! 

And  fight  for  the  flag. 

Their  flag  is  but  a  rag  — 

Ours  is  the  true  one  ; 
Up  with  the  stars  and  stripes  ! 

Down  with  the  new  one. 

Let  our  colors  fly,  boys  — 

Guard  them  day  and  night  ; 

For  victory  is  liberty. 

And  God  will  bless  the  right. 

J.AMES  T.  Fields. 


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By  pernr\ission,  (rorn  "Acme  Haversack."]       * 

HYMN  TO  THE  FLAG. 

Hail  !  peerless  flag  !  o'er  our  broad  land  waving, 
O'er  every  ship  nian'd  1)}^  our  brave  tars  ; 

Dearer  thro'   age  for  past  dangers  braving, 

Float  on  undaunted,   thou  banner  of  stars. 

Oh,  lovely  flag  !  the  bright  sun  addressing, 
Smiling,   salutes  thee  daily,   his  pride  ; 

Happy  the  breeze  with  joyful  caressing. 
Adds  to  thy  beauty  new  graces  beside. 

Oh,  valiant  flag  I  when  storms  of  death   rattle, 
Beating  thy  folds  in  war's  cruel  wrath, 

Shining  amidst  thy  heroes  in  battle, 

A'isions  of  glory  illumine  their  path. 

Oh,  peaceful  flag  !  with  blessings  attending 
Ever  we'll  pour  our  love  at  thy  shrine  ; 

Warm  hearts  surrounding,  strong  arms  defending. 
Flag  of  our  fathers  !  all  honor  be  thine. 

Comrade  E.  \V.   Foster. 

Sung  at  G.  A.  R.   National  Encamprrient, 
Boston,  August,  1890. 


193 


Frorn  "The  United  States  Flag,"  by  Preble.] 

THE  TATTERED  BANNER. 

These  banners,  soiled  with  dust  and  smoke, 

And  rent  by  sliot  and  shell, 
That  through  tlie  serried  phalanx  broke  — 

What  terrors  could  they  tell  ! 
What  tales  of  sudden  pain  and  death 

In  every  cannon's  boom  ! 
When  e'en  the  bravest  held  his  breath. 

And  waited  for  his  doom. 

To  bear  these  colors  aloft  was  a  -signal  for  the  enemy's 
bullets,  often  bringing  swift  and  certain  death  ;  but  they  never 
trailed  in  the  dust  nor  lacked  a  gallant  bearer. 

Anonymous. 


194 


Frorr\  "The  American  Flag,"  by  Preble.] 

OLD  GLORY. 

Thank  God  !  the  struggle's  over,  peace  reigns  in  all  our  land, 

United  now  as  brothers  forever  let  us  stand  ; 

One   flag,    one   country, —  Union  —  no    North,    South,    East,  or 

West, 
Each  vieing  with  each  other  to  do  the  very  best ; 
With  millions  of  defenders  to  rally  at  its  call, 
"Old  Glory  "   is  an  emblem  that  truthful  speaks  to  all  ; 
We  love  to  look  upon  it  as  it  proudly  floats  on  high, 
No  star  is  darkly  blotted,   no  stripe  but  of  royal  dye. 

A.  Ri:.\D  Walks. 


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Fp-om  "The  American  Tribune."] 

THIC  FLAG   OI'   THK  SIXTH   IXDIAXA. 

In  1 86 1,  when  the  Sixth  Indiana  started  to  the  front  tliey 
had  no  flag.  The  fact  l)ec()niiiig  known  to  the  patriotic  ladies 
of  Louisville,  Kentucky,  they  presented  the  regiment  with  a 
fine  one  as  it  passed  through  their  city.  When  it  was  worn 
out  the  State  of  Indiana  furnished  a  new  one.  and  the  old 
one  was  sent  back  to  the  Governor  for  .safe  keeping.  After  a 
lapse  of  twenty-nine  years,  upon  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of 
the  survivors  of  the  Sixth  Indiana  to  Loui.sville  as  the  guests 
of  the  Louisville  Legion,  with  which  regiment  it  was  brigaded 
during  the  war,  it  was  very  much  desired  to  take  the  old 
flag  which  was  given  to  them  by  the  Louisville  ladies  to 
show  it  to  them  and  to  say,  "  '  Here's  yourjlag:  We  honored  it 
then  and  we  love  it  now,  though  its  bright  colors  are  faded  and 
it  hangs  in  tatters ;  we  have  brought  it  to  you  to-day  that 
we  may  greet  you  beneath  its  sacred  folds,  point  to  its  scars 
and  crimson  stains,  and  say  we  tried  to  do  our  duty.  "  But 
when  the  committee  called  upon  the  State  Librarian  they  were 
informed  that  it  could  not  be  loaned.  It  is  really  a  pity  that 
upon  such  an  occasion,  and  for  a  flag  which  never  belonged  to 
the  state,  it  could  not  be  loaned  on  the  strength  of  a  bond 
for  a  few  da  vs. 


196 


Frorn  "The  Arnerican  Flag,"  by  Preble.] 

RETURN  OF  THE  FLAGS  TO  THEIR  STATES. 

Aye,   bring  back  the  banners  and  fold  them  in  rest  ! 

They  have  wrought  their  high  nii.ssions,   their  holy  behest  ! 

Stained  with  blood,  scorched  with  flame,  hanging  tattered  and 

torn, 
Yet  dearer,   by   far,   than  when  bright  they  were  borne 
By  brave  hearts  to  glory  ! 

As  we  gaze  at  their  tatters,  what  battle-fields  arise. 
Fields  flashing  in  deeds  of  sublimest  surpri.se  ! 
When  earth  rocked  with  thunder,   the  sky  glared  with  fire. 
And  havoc's  red  pinion  dashed  onward  in  ire  ! 
Deeds  deathless  in  glory  ! 

Press  the  stars  to  the  lips,   clasp  the  stripes  to  the  heart  ! 
Eet  us  swear  their  grand  memories  shall  never  depart ! 
They  have  waved  in  this  contest  of  freedom  and  right, 
And  our  eagle  shall  waft  them,  wide  streaming  in  light. 
To  our  summit  of  glory  ! 

Tiiere  —  hope  darting  beacons,  starred  .shrines,  shall  they  glow, 
Lighting  liberty's  way  to  the  breast  of  the  foe  ; 
'Till  her  spear  smites  with  splendor  the  gloom,  and  our  sun. 
One  broad  central  orb,  shall  again  brighten  one 
Mighty  nation   of  glory  ! 

Alfred  B.  Strket. 


197 


By  perrnissiori,  frorn  "  Acm.e  Haversack."] 

OUR   BANNER   ON   THE  vSOEDII-R'S    lUI-R. 

Take  thy   l)aniier  !  and  whene'er 
Thou  shall  press  the  soldier's  bier, 
And  the  muffled  drum  shall  beat 
To  the  tread  of  mournful  feet  ; 
Then  this  spangled  flag  shall  be 
Martial  cloak  and  shroud  for  thee,. 
When  our  weeping  eyes  shall  see, 
Thy  tired  form  in  wakeless  sleep. 


Your  bold  comrades,  r\ow  the  war  is  o'er, 
Will  plant  tliat  baaaer  on  your  grave." 


199 


OUR  FLAG  AND  THE  SOLDIER\S  GRAVE. 

Sleep  on,   brave  heart,  the  flag  you  bore 

Throughout  the  land  at  last  doth  wave. 

Your  bold  comrades,   now  the  war  is  o'er, 
Will  plant  that  banner  on  your  grave. 

Enfold  him  in  the  stripes  and  stars. 

He  will  not  dim  the  brightest  beam  ; 

His  blood  will  tinge  the  crimson  bars, 
Add  richer  luster  to  its  gleam. 

An'onvmoits. 


200 


Frorn  "Following  Our  Flag,"  by  pertnission- 

WRAPT  IN  OUR  FLAG. 

Wrap  'round  him  the  banner, 

It  cost  him  his  breath, 
He  loved  it  in  life 

Let  it  shroud  him  in  death, 
Let  it  silently  sweep  in  its  gorgeous  folds 

O'er  the  heart  asleep  and  the  lips  that  are  cold. 

Anonymous. 


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